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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 Feb 2026 2:29 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,181
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    penelopezercho4129 penelopezercho4129@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.134.210
    everitchard5670 everitchard5670@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    kursorbymarket kursorbymarket@kirisbyforum.fun 172.71.158.69
    a.gget.8.5ho.va.rd. a.gget.8.5ho.va.rd.@gmail.com (empty)
    astancu astancu@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    1c.normal.topup.approver 1c.normal.topup.approver@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:858:900:950:895:77:55 202:1810:858:900:950:895:77:55 120.40.130.70
    LatoyaCast antonettastapleton@mailcatch.com 74.50.107.116
    BetsyBaillieu0 betsy-baillieu83@25de.dadiso.xyz 66.63.186.175
    andrewmoore2386ubo3 andrewmoore2386ubo3@welcometotijuana.com 72.57.99.185
    tomaswasson41 tomaswasson41@support.51tiemo.com 173.211.54.3
    CarlotaDefoor carlotadefoor87@feedback.51tiemo.com 173.211.37.101
    kgldmuhi kgldmuhi@streetwormail.com 120.40.130.70
    RTKUwe85577269 uwebarrallier81@among.ehomu.com 196.240.143.22
    chasedeaso chase.deason96@client.careline.click 109.122.24.41
    MercedesEllzey7 mercedes.ellzey49@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.80.140.137
    bellevogler29 bellevogler29@9885.scalesurge.io 104.22.17.126
    joni-carvalho25 joni-carvalho25@8e4c.scalesurge.io 66.93.210.156
    aline.maygar aline.maygar@boxnetmail.my 170.199.228.51
    ClintWgh93192 clint.clint@basige.mexicans.pro 104.207.47.183
    200:20:0:783:1:66:3:641 200:20:0:783:1:66:3:641 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23Shole xrumer23Shole@gmail.com 58.186.110.92
    FerneEdb4638 ferne-maclaurin36@6226.tgvc.xyz 66.212.23.219
    manuelalambie31 manuelalambie31@4048.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.193
    JettStahl7342473 jettstahl26@keep.cdfaq.com 191.96.252.163
    HiramLessard8 hiramlessard63@cool.muzaco.com 191.96.95.50
    AdellFerro752 adellferro11@scene.muzaco.com 191.101.92.145
    kaykay66 kaykay66@nacexi.wish.rest 45.3.36.15
    everetttoosey everetttoosey@c088.rshrthertherth.net 77.246.108.10
    GayleSimmons17 gaylesimmons67@9b49.nofl.xyz 66.212.19.103
    ColemanSch colemanschroder70@b084.vovk.store 209.127.28.222
    maebaron65 maebaron65@feedback.51tiemo.com 104.22.20.179
    ElishaVillegas elishaelisha@ricapa.topgun.fit 45.3.51.218
    Reneeweard aureliyan35167003@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 120.40.130.70
    202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 120.40.130.70
    porfiriominter555 porfiriominter555@getcode1.com 162.158.167.35
    broderick.dimond60 broderick.dimond60@181d.scalesurge.io 172.71.158.68
    203:4000:32:25:485:8:3:769 203:4000:32:25:485:8:3:769 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    starstar100 starstar100@tadaya.socialmail.sbs 216.26.238.159
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JackieXnz643651 juliennedakota@solstris.com 102.165.55.195
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rey.tim rey.tim@list.ru 185.231.155.169
    SalPurvis466 sal-purvis100@b425.rshrthertherth.net 161.77.116.137
    202:1810:952:300:8:64:376:30 202:1810:952:300:8:64:376:30 120.40.130.70
    KentonTdt5 kentongrishin@d26d.nofl.xyz 66.212.19.16
    kelleystopford2892 kelleystopford2892@mailmenot.io 23.105.159.22
    RachelleCoulter rachelle-coulter@1b62.cycz.xyz 154.30.239.212
    gcpcgfaw gcpcgfaw@eblanomail.com 198.181.163.253
    lindamartinez3758opep lindamartinez3758opep@a.verifiedlinklist.com 172.71.158.69
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ala.n95.t.h.orty. ala.n95.t.h.orty.@gmail.com 84.239.43.28
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    raregreen raregreen@inbox.lv 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    decks decks@thedeckstore.com 68.71.251.134
    VetaCamp632 vetacamp68@support.51tiemo.com 184.174.11.66
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DelphiaBlackburn elijahbarclay@1secmail.com 89.21.85.27