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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 - 12 Oct 2026 6:12 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,058
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    tcsxavier tcsxavier@trf5.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    darbyberk darbyberk@mailcatch.com 172.255.83.127
    l.i.n.ks8.9mast. l.i.n.ks8.9mast.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    t t@specialife.com.mx (empty)
    josiecroft josiecroft@f095.cyber99.work 104.22.20.56
    TRBJovita45700 jovita.towle76@39ec.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.37.178
    deweydewey78 deweydewey78@zukevu.smartlink.lat 162.158.167.144
    stevenhernandez76164hkg stevenhernandez76164hkg@backlinks.monster 172.69.23.47
    wilburdobson wilburdobson@web.run.place 172.71.154.60
    202:640:21:3901:6954:43:84:30 202:640:21:3901:6954:43:84:30 120.40.130.70
    DavidGus eer23lal@temz.net 192.18.143.53
    jenniferhernandez1054f46c jenniferhernandez1054f46c@gsasearchengineranker.in 66.93.227.119
    nikolayy-shevcov nikolayy-shevcov@mail.ru 104.22.20.57
    IsabellKaufman2 domingaperry@veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    58a48bbctar 58a48bbctar@cmgyyq.com 172.71.154.60
    MichaelRicci ijupizajobob90mricciagidasik@gmail.com 152.53.46.2
    marina.barge marina.barge@e146.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.36.86
    seerlayu seerlayu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    desteamethme desteamethme@mail.ru 172.71.158.117
    l.i.n.k.s.8.9.m.a.s.t. l.i.n.k.s.8.9.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    illtyd65 illtyd65@notlettersmail.com (empty)
    maribelvogt53 maribelvogt53@51tiemo.com 192.241.71.241
    ocanucaciyoc98david.perez.eootibuf ocanucaciyoc98david.perez.eootibuf@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    rofligormo rofligormo@mail.ru 104.23.172.110
    Vickie08F64 alexrosalie@veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    jakob-wild-8887 jakob-wild-8887@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2004miholmnahrcom1983 2004miholmnahrcom1983@anonmails.de 193.193.208.152
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    acc0032 acc0032@mail-corp.online 172.69.23.48
    huyvd huyvd@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    CesarSherwood24 nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    florrie.florrie24 florrie.florrie24@cofano.loop.mom 172.69.135.13
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jessicagarcia58251jxq jessicagarcia58251jxq@pattaya-mega.com 172.71.158.116
    bmr bmr@station200.example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.in.ks89ma.s.t. l.in.ks89ma.s.t.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ekofipiha ekofipiha@popnewmail.com 158.69.119.16
    CarolBaker ijupizajobob90carol.baker.kesouaeu@gmail.com 45.4.3.59
    duytg duytg@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    brookefarnham-3267 brookefarnham-3267@99v8.com 172.71.154.60
    789 789@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fsvet fsvet@seznam.cz 146.19.125.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    g.rem.gri.n.61. g.rem.gri.n.61.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    l.i.n.k.s8.9m.ast l.i.n.k.s8.9m.ast@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    urogae urogae@popnewmail.com 158.69.119.16
    deanahutton deanahutton@anonmails.de 172.71.154.60
    Dina limphoesthermohapi2@gmail.com 197.254.136.216
    Richarddom lin.k.s8.9.mas.t@gmail.com 20.44.210.140
    100l 100l@oglyadoviy.space 91.217.91.171
    eli.a.l.v.olo eli.a.l.v.olo@gmail.com 37.114.63.5
    lorenemcmeen2016 lorenemcmeen2016@microversemail.com 154.195.190.229
    LouisaDundas carinanestor@veauly.com 223.29.254.39
    claribelkirsch claribelkirsch@be77.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.37.112
    CathrynHelm ryanzella@veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    NestorStovall2 alexrosalie@veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    JoshuaChilko chilkoair@outlook.com 10.0.23.65
    o.x.ap.oh.ic.iwa446 o.x.ap.oh.ic.iwa446@gmail.com 203.55.81.2
    UlyssesBss hugorene@veauly.com 191.101.92.218
    triciafairbridge triciafairbridge@binancepools.cloud 172.71.154.61
    RogerBlackmore beauclarita@veauly.com 177.234.143.137