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Welcome To BotScout

BotScout helps prevent automated web scripts, known as "bots", from registering on forums, polluting databases, spreading spam, and abusing forms on web sites. We do this by tracking the names, IPs, and email addresses that bots use and logging them as unique signatures for future reference. We make this signature data available through a simple yet powerful API that you can use to test forms when they're submitted on your site.

Stop The Bots

You can manually search our bot database to find bots in your forums, but you can also use a little bit of code in your forum, contact form, or other web application to test for bots and automatically ban or reject them on the spot. To make use of our database in your application, all you need to do is query it correctly. You can also download a list of the most recently-caught bots (shown below) from this URL: http://botscout.com/last_caught_cache.htm.

If you need to do more than about ~1500 automated lookups a day you'll probably want to get a free API key so you can do as many as you need. We even provide some sample code that you can use in your forums, contact forms, mailing lists, and other parts of your site.

There are also anti-bot plugins available for popular forums and CMS applications, including SMF, VBulletin, phpBB, Phorum, PunBB, Invision Power Board, FUDForum, Ikonboard, W-Agora, Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal.

Who Uses BotScout?

People and companies all over the world rely on BotScout to help screen out bots, including:
  • University of Washington
  • University of Milan
  • Fibromyalgia.com
  • UC Berkley
  • Georgia Courts
  • UNC Machine Vision Lab
  • Discover Seattle!
  • Banca Popolare del Verona
  • AspergerPlanet
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BME Cancer Communities
  • US Motorcycle Rally
  • Snitz Forums
  • University of Georgia
  • Marriott International
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa
  • University of Pittsburgh
    • and thousands more!

    We can provide secure form protection and bot-screening solutions for your group or organization too- please contact us to find out more!

    Want To Help?

    You can help make life harder for bots by using the BotScout plugin on your site, because the more bot signatures we collect the more effective our filters become. Although we collect large numbers of bot signatures through our "bot honeypots", we can't catch them all. To submit bot data, all you need to do is get an API key and use BotScout on your site(s).

    You can also put a BotScout logo, button, or badge on your site to help let other people know about BotScout.

    Click Here To Help Keep BotScout Running

    Most Recently Banned Bots - 16 Oct 2026 4:29 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,998
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 120.40.130.70
    tuhv tuhv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hrmerchize hrmerchize@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SunnyHolt johnthomas5836ffj7@e.theindexer.click 192.186.181.235
    muzogbiomo muzogbiomo@mail.ru 104.22.20.57
    bmr bmr@station200.example.com 120.40.130.70
    acc0049 acc0049@mail-corp.online 172.71.154.60
    anthonywilliams94ywfv anthonywilliams94ywfv@a.theindexer.click 196.51.89.36
    789 789@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahgonzalez63102hz4 sarahgonzalez63102hz4@c.enlacesgsa.com 196.51.9.158
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    christopheranderson7411az1c christopheranderson7411az1c@c.gsasearchengineranke 66.63.160.14
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1007:055:2:703:5:28:11 2600:1007:055:2:703:5:28:11 120.40.130.70
    2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 120.40.130.70
    Georgealick ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 195.2.78.191
    leandro-llamas leandro-llamas@northmere.mx4tntivrx.xyz 172.69.22.76
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Mr cbquqmdavMr@avtovoz-av8.ru 185.115.34.240
    2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tuga tuga@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    georgiageorgia9 georgiageorgia9@kitowo.fuc.best 104.22.20.57
    Jerold71S55551 frankristofer@veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sonya.pringle13 sonya.pringle13@usewisetransfer.click 172.71.154.60
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:61:32:701:84:260:740: 2001:61:32:701:84:260:740: 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    werso035iu werso035iu@rambler.ru 85.237.212.137
    bmr bmr@station200.example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    paulwilliams8482opzw paulwilliams8482opzw@c.gsaserbuilder.xyz 217.60.120.67
    jennifermartinez3030d8u4 jennifermartinez3030d8u4@a.gsavps.xyz 104.22.17.79
    ShaynaTatum085 ashlisheri@veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    HarryDial270191 hugorene@veauly.com 102.165.54.227
    lukas.dobbs lukas.dobbs@fixrightplumbers.com 104.22.20.56
    JerilynHutcheson marianakieran@veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 2806:10::77:19:60:15:708 120.40.130.70
    davidwilliams9435glrn davidwilliams9435glrn@c.blog-stuff.com 23.236.154.152
    DenisXtx90890 elyn@f.chestpain.one 72.57.99.134
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 172.69.23.48
    ThelmaBevi 2004miholmnahrcom1983@anonmails.de 91.217.91.171
    davidrodriguez9672thp1 davidrodriguez9672thp1@a.theindexer.click 192.186.181.233
    lillapottinger lillapottinger@anonmails.de 172.71.158.116
    aleksandr-ivan aleksandr-ivan@inbox.lv 120.40.130.70
    SharronWoore65 ashlisheri@veauly.com 102.165.54.227
    tesha-frazier tesha-frazier@0c7f.driftwoodpost.com 196.199.101.45
    truongpx truongpx@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    depxbt depxbt@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    edelseltenerhund edelseltenerhund@gebrauchtwarencenter.com 120.40.130.70
    charlesgonzalez790494qq charlesgonzalez790494qq@f.theindexer.shop 209.127.50.126
    luannluann luannluann@humide.vcams.info 172.71.158.117
    lyle.beatty lyle.beatty@cleanhomeguard.com 172.69.135.13