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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 Apr 2026 5:27 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,440
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2601:846:780:630:8:7:146:271 2601:846:780:630:8:7:146:271 120.40.130.70
    patchurchill316 patchurchill316@mailcatch.com 104.22.17.126
    aofxjmyb aofxjmyb@eblanomail.com 120.40.130.70
    mirandahugo17 mirandahugo17@bdfe.thomasin.online 162.158.167.134
    UFZKristin finlaylynette@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    termn8er termn8er@ship79.com 120.40.130.70
    Edwardaffic hexashield@pm.me 91.186.215.75
    LeilaEaston796 arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.196.254.21
    HannaPearson home1@webtoteam.shop 74.114.150.210
    oscar oscar@j.cosmicbridge.site 142.214.180.20
    ShondaHoskins5 tildy@e.skywardhub.online 212.102.49.213
    KatharinaDeGaris katharinadegaris16@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.83
    pauline-fryar1891 pauline-fryar1891@imhotester.forum 178.171.43.65
    kia-hawk kia-hawk@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.69.23.194
    launamackintosh8422 launamackintosh8422@trashmailr.com 172.69.23.194
    veriflapakjoki1 veriflapakjoki1@konstruksituntas.com 172.69.23.194
    arielunwin arielunwin@discard.email 172.69.134.82
    mmph22 mmph22@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    xiomaralach xiomaralach@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.158.68
    ShellieSpringtho shelliespringthorpe2@river.muzaco.com 154.16.69.81
    michaeltaylor9913psjc michaeltaylor9913psjc@c.welcometotijuana.com 143.105.152.235
    2600:658:70:40:86:315:99:1895 2600:658:70:40:86:315:99:1895 120.40.130.70
    Marcella2613 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.196.254.36
    2607:92:1901:309:390:298:555:673 2607:92:1901:309:390:298:555:673 120.40.130.70
    aldaalda71 aldaalda71@saromi.magical.surf 104.22.17.127
    WendellProsser lyndamaurer584@mailcatch.com 140.99.196.14
    2600:1702:531:3240:13:7::31 2600:1702:531:3240:13:7::31 120.40.130.70
    dporbntn dporbntn@ronaldofmail.com 120.40.130.70
    IssacHyman35 dessiecarla@solstris.com 191.101.114.29
    kirbyormond42 kirbyormond42@panel.cdfaq.com 104.22.20.234
    xpqeadea xpqeadea@streetwormail.com 120.40.130.70
    RuthieRqz7100582 ruthiefreeland87@scene.muzaco.com 181.215.16.213
    200:237:579:101:48:5914:501:838 200:237:579:101:48:5914:501:838 120.40.130.70
    mercedesdionne mercedesdionne@quickreply.virginvoyages.click 45.92.28.78
    12defegyh 12defegyh@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    marcelo.silva.de.oliveira marcelo.silva.de.oliveira@tokiomarine.com.br 120.40.130.70
    rodrick-kish rodrick-kish@use.travellersrest.click 107.158.118.38
    nblaudez nblaudez@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    2600:4040:269:5700:465::20:96 2600:4040:269:5700:465::20:96 120.40.130.70
    DomingoFun chantejanes7735@hotbird.giize.com 203.80.138.73
    tom tom@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    KatherineTriggs leathahendrix@freundin.ru 23.236.137.153
    riyadh.kbri riyadh.kbri@kemlu.go.id 185.220.101.17
    chami chami@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    200:237:98:2301:22:681:1356:2 200:237:98:2301:22:681:1356:2 120.40.130.70
    tim-youl1 tim-youl1@4689.novagroup.biz 23.80.157.43
    ShirleyMcGregor shirley-mcgregor3024@bittermail.site 204.217.131.42
    amam.af.apo.x.u.49 amam.af.apo.x.u.49@gmail.com 162.158.167.133
    profconbu64 profconbu64@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ColleenC00 joshuamann@leantechy.xyz 196.51.252.44
    mmph31 mmph31@blogwebsite.top 45.89.241.92
    mich michaelmamkaa65@gmail.com 108.181.98.162
    MayNale4514383 may-nale-3138@pertomail.top 206.232.0.12
    DennisOuttrim9 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 144.48.52.102
    VaniaBluett027 shantaedusty@solstris.com 102.165.53.34
    cheridaughtry2557 cheridaughtry2557@ngontol.com 172.71.158.69
    202:598:64:800::3100:2 202:598:64:800::3100:2 120.40.130.70
    mailgun mailgun@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    sdaa sdaa@webtoteam.shop 172.71.158.68
    crystlefindley3193 crystlefindley3193@fbviamail.com 149.18.100.191
    ShirleyMac richardjackson39966321@verifiedlinklist.com 156.241.219.103
    ChuFinnan2 chufinnan9@thus.ehomu.com 23.95.81.223
    cat-mail cat-mail@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    ezekielhoang3 ezekielhoang3@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.251
    ghost ghost@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    InesGrimm873 lula@f.cosmiccluster.store 196.51.93.171
    service service@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    notification notification@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    wildacoulombe wildacoulombe@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.20.234