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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 - 3 Aug 2026 2:57 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,636
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ignatenko.9ig0l ignatenko.9ig0l@rambler.ru 152.232.74.42
    StepanieLoxton stepanieloxton34@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.216
    MaritzaWales2 maritzawales79@slide.veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    CrystleGott9 crystlegott94@put.pettin.com 191.101.114.101
    help help@store.churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    ThomasGed ut.id.o.s.ah.e.re6.81@gmail.com 95.182.90.246
    SharynCrook4 stephanycreer@koes.justdied.com 2.190.30.167
    kseniyakobuci kseniyakobuci@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    RyanCaperton75 ryancaperton88@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.159
    TWQErmelinda ermelindacollette4@pound.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    delo delo@zs.zo.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::596 2001:410:601:1100::596 120.40.130.70
    QADJuliann juliannlarocca11@fiber.pettin.com 23.81.230.194
    FaustinoRicci faustinoricci67@put.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    mnuttall mnuttall@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    fullmerjf fullmerjf@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    rdudfield rdudfield@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    trovatoj trovatoj@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    copiers copiers@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    pykles pykles@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    brian.passantino brian.passantino@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    a.dm.in. a.dm.in.@krab6.id 120.40.130.70
    OdetteKennion8 odettekennion18@these.veauly.com 144.48.52.31
    christopher.moore christopher.moore@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    marcus.anjewierden marcus.anjewierden@churchofjesuschrist.org 120.40.130.70
    Thomasnjc cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 104.28.214.125
    va.emelyanenko va.emelyanenko@zs.zo.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    augustusfitzgibbons189 augustusfitzgibbons189@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    BaileyMod4745074 wsegitiacedsr92@nestmailbox.com 38.154.186.11
    frank frank@insaneleads.io 120.40.130.70
    RicoMgo511 tedtia@solstris.com 196.198.13.67
    NancyFullerton1 nancyfullerton97@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.4
    2600:118:66:150:35:924:906:12 2600:118:66:150:35:924:906:12 120.40.130.70
    Lilian linsy1987@hotmail.com 85.87.96.227
    sondraagostini.7611 sondraagostini.7611@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.124
    DelSeagle109586 delseagle20@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    zaracornelli41 zaracornelli41@healthypplevery.org 98.158.233.14
    oluwatosceneanifowoshe+zo oluwatosceneanifowoshe+zo@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    GreggBelisario greggbelisario28@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    info info@mon.zo.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    JeromeSchr barbararodriguez3757x0j2@travel-e-store.com 78.157.213.124
    jeg.a.jukose.89 jeg.a.jukose.89@gmail.com 146.103.126.40
    Flexiblepnp boyd.combs@gmail.com 109.236.81.139
    adm adm@mon.zo.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    SuzannaJxq suzanna.hansen@baupo.pl 196.242.89.131
    JosephGabbard28 josephgabbard84@slow.pettin.com 181.215.16.116
    StacyBlackwelder stacyblackwelder81@only.veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    AlphonsoSpiro38 alphonsospiro70@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.83
    EnidGadson6252 enidgadson20@only.veauly.com 223.29.254.39
    ArnoldLaing5272 arnoldlaing41@nor.mxdood.com 196.198.13.205
    ChauFbq466 chaucatlett5@wild.ehomu.com 144.48.52.235
    help help@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    SadieDunkley336 sadiedunkley18@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.40
    WZWCarrie644 carrieshaw3@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ncostello ncostello@email.com 120.40.130.70
    CarrieFlora5386 carrie.flora18@vipitv.com 183.197.56.26
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    creatornetwork creatornetwork@lululemon.com 120.40.130.70
    agex.u.nizaye.5.05 agex.u.nizaye.5.05@gmail.com (empty)
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EmmettB3378646 emmettcommons79@put.pettin.com 181.215.16.116
    JermaineMcKean4 michaelthomas3040uo2u@travel-e-store.com 23.94.15.134
    VioletMannino violetmannino37@slide.veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    jchesemore jchesemore@younglife.org 120.40.130.70
    UlrikePrentice7 leonreva@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    olegpokuko olegpokuko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Jorja02X26 jorja.jorja82@lumugo.3mail.info 91.246.51.136
    20:287:87:72:374:2:7:63 20:287:87:72:374:2:7:63 120.40.130.70
    Jimmie6699 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 23.95.81.223