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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 - 24 Mar 2026 1:26 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,890
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ShawnHincks286 shawn.hincks@quickreply.beachflag.click 103.247.151.79
    primedecrypt primedecrypt@onionmail.org 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::794 2001:410:701:1100::794 120.40.130.70
    WiltonBrod ukgasctf@bekommenmail.com 154.195.148.244
    tam-cardillo58 tam-cardillo58@healthypplevery.org 69.58.78.67
    bra.dt.h.em.as.te.r77.7. bra.dt.h.em.as.te.r77.7.@gmail.com 92.119.36.69
    20:8141:12:249:2:1:2:96 20:8141:12:249:2:1:2:96 120.40.130.70
    bernicebernice67 bernicebernice67@judedu.topgun.fit 162.158.167.133
    flossieboyles flossieboyles@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    Luca42346945 tedtia@solstris.com 103.221.232.62
    lupita.lupita99 lupita.lupita99@zusemu.3mail.info 209.50.172.55
    202:1810:58:400:596:1:6073:422 202:1810:58:400:596:1:6073:422 120.40.130.70
    wilheminafadden2511 wilheminafadden2511@latbet.click 5.183.130.30
    felicitasbagshaw felicitasbagshaw@secure.okay.email.safeds.tk 82.196.25.136
    LoraFerguson51 michellenelson@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    Abel abelgomezcabrera@yahoo.es 62.87.102.94
    josephmartin6714jww8 josephmartin6714jww8@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.23.194
    damien.ellsworth damien.ellsworth@strategycritique.xyz 172.69.23.194
    lrnetdszdy lrnetdszdy@rambler.ru 172.71.154.179
    CorineStandley3 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 191.101.114.223
    lrnetdszdy lrnetdszdy@rambler.ru 104.22.20.235
    rlutjkdgxx rlutjkdgxx@rambler.ru 172.71.154.179
    brijbieta brijbieta@imjail.ol 188.130.129.58
    HazelHare7 hazelhare31@self.ehomu.com 196.198.13.67
    202:03:8920:100:882:34:203:631 202:03:8920:100:882:34:203:631 120.40.130.70
    FionaHeyer riuxiaqd@legenmail.com 154.195.143.188
    chasrossi75 chasrossi75@feedback.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    melnewbery2445 melnewbery2445@puxa.top 104.22.20.235
    toryld14 toryld14@aviator-game-best.com 93.183.126.98
    202:1810:93:1500:5063:6177:98:19 202:1810:93:1500:5063:6177:98:19 120.40.130.70
    carristrunk carristrunk@51tiemo.com 217.181.78.106
    EllenMcqueen161 ellen.ellen@xudoge.wish.rest 104.207.46.6
    CornellJefferies wilfredo@solarvibe.site 67.215.252.116
    Ariel28016011 aidahaddock@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.28.156.59
    bender911 bender911@bk.ru 95.24.121.171
    pollybussau5604 pollybussau5604@latbet.click 46.8.23.33
    201:881:5005:00:8:652:3858:48 201:881:5005:00:8:652:3858:48 120.40.130.70
    naomigranata85 naomigranata85@down.glinxy.com 104.22.17.127
    tjefe09 tjefe09@cesvin.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    markmoore603308ht markmoore603308ht@c.welcometotijuana.com 172.69.23.194
    dollieenriquez dollieenriquez@latbet.click 109.248.128.70
    TerenceWaddell jackal-hassan350831vuo@seoautomationpro.com 192.161.191.248
    jodi-jodi jodi-jodi@gebuja.pasta.beer 216.26.231.80
    HildegardPenman cedriclyng@asia.dnsabr.com 129.224.203.225
    lindamartin5014n4f0 lindamartin5014n4f0@a.blog-stuff.com 192.186.173.140
    JessikaBoo florenciathames4245@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.245.193.212
    GidgetBabi lydialort1269@wameta.xyz 98.159.36.4
    johnchu33 johnchu33@proton.me 47.165.14.145
    BernardLir deneseputnam1949@anonmails.de 80.143.75.37
    vikylka14041995 vikylka14041995@mail.ru 128.71.237.245
    DollyEhq7 dollybeaver69@past.pettin.com 192.126.177.222
    ArleenGibb arleengibb44@cool.muzaco.com 154.16.69.81
    202:908:18:150:8:54:39:97 202:908:18:150:8:54:39:97 120.40.130.70
    OHMHeather heather-kingsford@sanad.top 185.158.104.27
    CoyU51180253 jessmyles@solstris.com 154.16.69.58
    marktaylor42702odmb marktaylor42702odmb@a.seoautomationpro.com 162.158.167.134
    AndreEubanks5 janbeatriz@solstris.com 191.101.92.83
    cesvinmercadotecnia cesvinmercadotecnia@cesvin.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    jefe09 jefe09@cesvin.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    ShermanP04 jannromeo@andindoc.com 103.221.232.62
    j.e.anp.au.l.l.a.w.4 j.e.anp.au.l.l.a.w.4@gmail.com 92.119.36.66
    curt-dadson.1170 curt-dadson.1170@strategyinsights.xyz 104.22.20.234
    2001:61:26:901:44:059:58:327 2001:61:26:901:44:059:58:327 120.40.130.70
    gujupeby gujupeby@mailp.org 120.40.130.70
    patriciamoore51613qjs patriciamoore51613qjs@c.verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.17.126
    VeolaU1081541 kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.196.254.163
    VernonChuter louannmalorie@andindoc.com 144.48.52.235
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    barbramacfarland-6024 barbramacfarland-6024@sung.inetcomics.xyz 45.158.195.111
    Dm_____teL_eg_ram___mrmike72 elizabethmi.ke8.3.9.8.2@gmail.com 172.111.36.177
    cueazrew cueazrew@ronaldofmail.com 172.71.154.179
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