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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 - 1 Jul 2026 11:45 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,499
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    johnlopez6310aip0 johnlopez6310aip0@gsasearchengineranker.support 23.236.139.222
    stapuntril1990 stapuntril1990@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    domain domain@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    AntoniettaMcLaur antoniettamclaurin72@hell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.76
    montanisemperliberi3366 montanisemperliberi3366@gmail.com 2601:5:4701:40:5846:70:2:9633
    deborahpinto deborahpinto@discard.email 172.71.154.178
    JaimieCase88 jaimiecase62@about.pettin.com 162.212.173.177
    2herertgyj 2herertgyj@anonmails.de 65.111.20.3
    Katherina6537 anthonylopez5630g29t@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 156.241.247.101
    202:1810:140:3900:741:869:3418:833 202:1810:140:3900:741:869:3418:833 120.40.130.70
    202:03:872:4700:3035:5013:0:50 202:03:872:4700:3035:5013:0:50 120.40.130.70
    202:020:381:439:443:9:4371:47 202:020:381:439:443:9:4371:47 120.40.130.70
    stevengonzalez9355dckf stevengonzalez9355dckf@swartluxury258.com 196.51.207.213
    charleyshaw charleyshaw@tempr.email 104.22.17.126
    stevengonzalez9355dckf stevengonzalez9355dckf@swartluxury258.com 66.212.19.12
    domain domain@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    jackrodriguez31155bsbz jackrodriguez31155bsbz@b.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.119.119
    Isis_Babes99 onyxcleo53@gmail.com 2607:90:09:406:489:451:09:8
    eka-terina.ds eka-terina.ds@mail.ru 109.252.191.221
    jemmy6687 By jemmy6687+By@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    mEs mEs@gmail.com 172.71.158.116
    joshuawilson5978npyd joshuawilson5978npyd@b.mustdoindubai.com 120.40.130.70
    KeenanCooper76 keenancooper47@brick.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    20:8143:77:20:0:82:4:71 20:8143:77:20:0:82:4:71 120.40.130.70
    susanthomas6699n3ah susanthomas6699n3ah@b.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.99.48
    FrancescaNagel2 paultaylor65428uy8@b.travel-e-store.com 209.101.252.31
    novellastace94 novellastace94@tuti.claxyn.org 172.71.154.169
    202:1810:206:00:8944:294:38:7434 202:1810:206:00:8944:294:38:7434 120.40.130.70
    arnetterendall1927 arnetterendall1927@wordspacemail.com 172.71.154.169
    n5wp3tvsc61 n5wp3tvsc61@kanyeomg.com 104.22.20.142
    Francesca cucolotta704@gmail.com 151.64.150.133
    lonniegrisham6580 lonniegrisham6580@anonmails.de 46.8.15.194
    2003::722:968:01:2:2109:19 2003::722:968:01:2:2109:19 120.40.130.70
    thomaswilliams8967epci thomaswilliams8967epci@a.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.119.119
    madinaburova1993 madinaburova1993@mail.ru 144.79.133.31
    senyereeter senyereeter@cogeco.ca 24.36.196.81
    2600:1702:70:60:83:5775:9190:97 2600:1702:70:60:83:5775:9190:97 120.40.130.70
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    senyereeter senyereeter@cogeco.ca 209:2:1987:12::312:0
    202:8071:5160:100:29:811:378:236 202:8071:5160:100:29:811:378:236 120.40.130.70
    michaelrodriguez5517socw michaelrodriguez5517socw@gsasearchengineranker.inf 66.212.19.118
    ernakenney7093 ernakenney7093@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.159.82
    2600:1006:132:07:0:32:45:401 2600:1006:132:07:0:32:45:401 120.40.130.70
    WilburDelmonte9 barbarawilliams9576dqhp@gsasearchenginerankervps.c 107.175.36.168
    thomasanderson389742fu thomasanderson389742fu@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.119.50
    gertrudepye gertrudepye@0815.ru 172.69.22.86
    pattineidig7803 pattineidig7803@anonmails.de 170.168.97.38
    michaellopez4111h4wk michaellopez4111h4wk@linkbuilding.club 107.175.3.131
    omar-rister omar-rister@growwithgoals.online 172.69.22.86
    noxcagelou1983 noxcagelou1983@mailnorms.com 172.71.154.169
    uqebcjomlj uqebcjomlj@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    kimvernon kimvernon@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    conradmccann9555 conradmccann9555@clubzclubnika.com 72.56.189.168
    Dang halamanko69@gmail.com 112.198.130.81
    kelleeantonio kelleeantonio@sekotong.store 172.71.159.82
    paultaylor5561q11t paultaylor5561q11t@gsasearchengineranker.support 104.22.17.126
    teresatunn35 teresatunn35@tulo.blyxen.com 172.71.154.169
    2001:6:42:9100:92:35:7135:9 2001:6:42:9100:92:35:7135:9 120.40.130.70
    ThanhRaven119 thanhraven88@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.55.238
    Leola68344718 leolabrier77@these.veauly.com 196.196.253.94
    CraigLorenzo15 craiglorenzo74@yell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.165
    nellynik nellynik@yandex.ru 128.71.210.68
    pedro.becker pedro.becker@hello-word-2026.store 172.71.154.169
    chelewis chelewis@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    Martin martinator2005@gmail.com 62.56.197.82
    krasnov1410 krasnov1410@yandex.ru 83.220.160.70
    HeribertoStrothe heriberto-strother3256@baupo.pl 173.234.154.90
    novozhilova.alina97 novozhilova.alina97@mail.ru 95.24.139.77
    CarriMorrow5 andrewsmith27052fco@c.welcometotijuana.com 156.241.247.159
    maksimsupala maksimsupala@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    akimovdi2005 akimovdi2005@gmai.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:58:13:0:14:262:11 202:020:58:13:0:14:262:11 120.40.130.70
    phil-phil51 phil-phil51@tinege.dmail.fit 172.71.159.82
    felisha-easterby50 felisha-easterby50@7473.thomasin.online 104.22.17.127
    co.lin.y.a.t.es.61.8.6 co.lin.y.a.t.es.61.8.6@gmail.com 78.111.155.65
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    cherylcrockett cherylcrockett@casino-hype.online 172.71.159.81