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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 - 22 Jul 2026 12:56 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,744
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    jiangu jiangu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    VivienEmery3594 vivienemery63@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.224
    chelewis chelewis@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    lorenemahurin lorenemahurin@anonmails.de 162.158.167.43
    140a974d4ee8e0285ef8583cfcac4c5a olegator255@mail.ru 178.90.142.255
    andrewericjoh.ns.on.02 andrewericjoh.ns.on.02@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    bereniceschoenberg49 bereniceschoenberg49@front.dravix.org 172.69.23.183
    tequ.il.ati.melord6.66 tequ.il.ati.melord6.66@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KimHoysted119 kimhoysted90@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.102
    Dallas67A1 dallasblackmore55@carvet.veranta.eu 154.21.33.207
    SadyeLoder18 myrtleleila@solstris.com 154.16.69.76
    JaredF7295318573 jaredjared21@teyeye.3mail.info 160.113.1.224
    rolandofinnegan52 rolandofinnegan52@deny.milkgg.com 172.71.159.82
    CaraHunt240 carahunt26@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    charlesjackson4451eywg charlesjackson4451eywg@b.resorts-in-asia.com 64.188.5.153
    EllenTorres janbeatriz@solstris.com 177.234.143.121
    AnastasiaFusco0 anastasiafusco12@yell.milkgg.com 23.95.204.251
    TeriToussaint9 teri.toussaint@6895.darknessfalls.space 170.124.1.57
    daisyvallery9105 daisyvallery9105@discardmail.com 172.71.159.82
    jechozhi1992 jechozhi1992@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FredaLipscombe3 donaldmartin4276u2ca@a.travel-e-store.com 152.232.53.83
    KermitDelgadillo donaldmartin4276u2ca@a.travel-e-store.com 72.57.65.224
    HectorCasper hector.casper94@f411.diyarbakirsuper.com 209.127.61.25
    GermanBoelter34 andrewwagner17371@b.seoautomationpro.com 72.57.65.25
    AdrianneJury588 pauldavis8619xq8n@travel-e-store.com 152.42.177.32
    ShennaHadden44 michelesowerby@hotbird.giize.com 156.241.219.145
    MargartVeilleux louveniaqueen7546@1mail.x24hr.com 103.234.203.53
    gg gg@connectword.net 8.210.139.47
    WillardSuh brandenelliot@veauly.com 172.245.87.114
    RachelCumming6 michelesowerby@hotbird.giize.com 156.241.221.238
    202:474:7112:0:412::6:0 202:474:7112:0:412::6:0 120.40.130.70
    GabrielaDuncombe lesdalene@veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    202:8108:8125:100:968:763:533:2 202:8108:8125:100:968:763:533:2 120.40.130.70
    infraestructura infraestructura@mercadolibre.com 120.40.130.70
    ShannonPag dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 191.101.92.164
    anthonydavis7938q5xu anthonydavis7938q5xu@b.gsavps.xyz 66.63.178.147
    RandallDew olzlpxub@legenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    MargieGuthrie margieguthrie25@dear.mxdood.com 181.215.16.238
    simonbentham simonbentham@tempr.email 172.71.159.81
    MSQJorge58535293 wseksyenslr91@nestmailbox.com 196.51.79.30
    ChasMcConnell95 chasmcconnell81@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.200
    ovpalhpnqu ovpalhpnqu@rambler.ru 79.127.175.82
    carrolzavala71 carrolzavala71@ardelin.orvionix.eu 120.40.130.70
    travisvandiver50 travisvandiver50@bheps.com 172.69.135.13
    bohxrzwkhg bohxrzwkhg@rambler.ru 79.127.175.82
    RuebenChavis313 ruebenchavis39@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.131
    ugagoajrxr ugagoajrxr@rambler.ru 79.127.175.82
    HiltonTolbert81 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    2401:4900:888:743:156:977:12:8 2401:4900:888:743:156:977:12:8 120.40.130.70
    corinnereiss66 corinnereiss66@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.154.179
    Sunburstjrf gsharpsizzle@gmail.com 178.132.0.42
    JameyJeppesen88 jameyjeppesen82@nut.mxdood.com 177.234.143.121
    MeghanWeekes70 meghanweekes52@yell.milkgg.com 177.234.143.137
    ShennaBeich844 shennabeich66@put.pettin.com 191.101.92.224
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Matt88825746477 mattwithnell70@talk.muzaco.com 191.101.114.68
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EstebanFairbridg tristamaxine@veauly.com 192.241.72.123
    mahan.mohammadiannasab mahan.mohammadiannasab@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KellyeFennescey kellyefennescey12@slow.pettin.com 223.29.254.45
    MaritaK1713100 mohamedking@veauly.com 43.225.191.124
    grazynalee grazynalee@veauly.com 104.22.18.54
    tchi tchi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    IdaSchiller6 idaschiller80@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    jeremycustance jeremycustance@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    tatkaf81 tatkaf81@yandex.ru 128.71.254.220
    PeteMillard800 pete.millard@myvchytel.dp.ua 41.82.211.16
    jgu2 jgu2@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    mahdesai mahdesai@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    AnnisStultz533 annisstultz15@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.213