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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 - 14 Jun 2026 12:11 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,677
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    NicholeMacdonald michaelsmith9995uh8l@b.travel-e-store.com 104.140.183.176
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    XavierFulmore02 madaptpeg@ak.gy 104.223.32.182
    EdwinaY500712643 edwinamarko72@dear.mxdood.com 23.95.204.251
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    patrickrigby patrickrigby@koes.justdied.com 172.71.159.82
    CharlotteBolen4 axsee@ak.gy 23.94.20.203
    202:1810:859:500:845:92:7:26 202:1810:859:500:845:92:7:26 120.40.130.70
    madaptpeg madaptpeg@ak.gy 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:52:00:693:40:5:339 202:1810:52:00:693:40:5:339 120.40.130.70
    annabelletrenerry annabelletrenerry@freundin.ru 172.71.154.179
    202:1810:859:500:845:92:7:26 202:1810:859:500:845:92:7:26 120.40.130.70
    madaptpeg madaptpeg@ak.gy 120.40.130.70
    JasmineCarne jasminecarne15@deny.milkgg.com 144.48.52.206
    TorstenBales68 torstenbales5@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.252
    Leora07J648311 robertmartinez24610lf0@seoautomationpro.online 104.140.73.39
    link.s.8.9.ma.st link.s.8.9.ma.st@gmail.com 78.111.152.26
    mindy.louque mindy.louque@ea42.wefixsofteners.com 120.40.130.70
    HermanClough hermanclough64@role.cdfaq.com 196.196.254.131
    duotodie duotodie@ak.gy 120.40.130.70
    rafaelfaucett rafaelfaucett@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    202:1810:859:3300:6:70:63:56 202:1810:859:3300:6:70:63:56 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:101:200:158:69:269:24 2001:100:101:200:158:69:269:24 120.40.130.70
    202:8084:6180:180:520:267:89:425 202:8084:6180:180:520:267:89:425 120.40.130.70
    ErnieLeatherman ernie.ernie94@zapero.mexicans.pro 185.94.32.193
    HenryEldridge henryeldridge88@trick.veauly.com 223.29.254.39
    lethavanderpool lethavanderpool@onlinecmail.com 98.159.44.182
    ZacheryHeim5185 zacheryheim11@brick.pettin.com 191.101.92.83
    maksimchik078 maksimchik078@mail.ru 92.36.26.232
    jessschlapp jessschlapp@cheapwinner.com 172.71.159.82
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Veronique91B veroniquegroff27@mode.ehomu.com 102.165.55.20
    alt.ci-aodmzkvv alt.ci-aodmzkvv@yopmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:54:4624:55:2700:5:51 202:020:54:4624:55:2700:5:51 120.40.130.70
    evelynesommer evelynesommer@kaybooks.top 172.69.134.71
    info info@netgengszter.hu 120.40.130.70
    lillajameson4878 lillajameson4878@mmo55.com 172.71.159.81
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 172.69.134.71
    202:03:8:301:7536:5021:4637:438 202:03:8:301:7536:5021:4637:438 120.40.130.70
    noahventimiglia27 noahventimiglia27@brick.pettin.com 104.22.20.143
    tomas.tomas tomas.tomas@jodase.smush.space 104.22.17.127
    ugyfelszolgalat ugyfelszolgalat@netgengszter.hu 120.40.130.70
    SherylRuggles93 myrtleleila@solstris.com 102.165.54.227
    EfrainRuss efrainruss63@brick.pettin.com 223.29.254.158
    ranacolombo40963 ranacolombo40963@seoautomationpro.com 172.69.22.87
    emailfennellfinancialgroup1 emailfennellfinancialgroup1@gmail.com 158.173.158.3
    202:03:898:8901:2462:420:1403:80 202:03:898:8901:2462:420:1403:80 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    elizbethrigby elizbethrigby@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:44:95:26:769 202:8108:8125:100:44:95:26:769 120.40.130.70
    jacquie.jacquie49 jacquie.jacquie49@sibevo.genuine.mom 172.71.159.81
    nikolaii-shevcov nikolaii-shevcov@mail.ru 172.71.159.81
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 172.69.22.87
    aaleisshulze8059 aaleisshulze@gmail.com 202.28.194.139
    norrishervey norrishervey@3564.ahplumbingnc.club 85.208.11.232
    202:598:128:800::00:17 202:598:128:800::00:17 120.40.130.70
    valchun valchun@spambog.ru 104.22.17.126
    dimanoyopa dimanoyopa@mail.ru 172.69.134.70
    202:03:859:601:5998:24:133:1 202:03:859:601:5998:24:133:1 120.40.130.70
    kristingaylord9672 kristingaylord9672@anonmails.de 104.22.20.142
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
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