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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 4:53 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,988
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    brigettericketson brigettericketson@anonmails.de 172.71.158.117
    g.rem.gri.n.61. g.rem.gri.n.61.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    urogae urogae@popnewmail.com 158.69.119.16
    aimeeschia aimee.schiassi@igamble247.art 149.71.56.164
    shaniblackham10 shaniblackham10@korvit.nexanta.eu 104.22.17.79
    Dina limphoesthermohapi2@gmail.com 197.254.136.216
    hamish-stoate hamish-stoate@00b5.cyber99.work 120.40.130.70
    Richarddom lin.k.s8.9.mas.t@gmail.com 20.44.210.140
    Richarddom lin.k.s8.9.mas.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3 mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 172.71.154.60
    lorenemcmeen2016 lorenemcmeen2016@microversemail.com 154.195.190.229
    duydk duydk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    100l 100l@oglyadoviy.space 91.217.91.171
    UlyssesBss hugorene@veauly.com 191.101.92.218
    NestorStovall2 alexrosalie@veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    eli.a.l.v.olo eli.a.l.v.olo@gmail.com 37.114.63.5
    triciafairbridge triciafairbridge@binancepools.cloud 172.71.154.61
    huyennn1 huyennn1@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    etourriru etourriru@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    LukeSouthern96 luke-southern@18c6.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.37.91
    WilliamDiaz ijupizajobob90williamdiazagemofap@gmail.com 75.119.128.130
    huga huga@example.com 120.40.130.70
    002C61D09CE7B135B04EFCA 002C61D09CE7B135B04EFCA@p3.example.com 120.40.130.70
    your-friend-email your-friend-email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    anotherone anotherone@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    2607:90:083:50:9:970:824:46 2607:90:083:50:9:970:824:46 120.40.130.70
    fred fred@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    password password@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hacker hacker@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sallyschultz sallyschultz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    p.dupond p.dupond@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jeseniamonds6900 jeseniamonds6900@69v9.com 172.71.158.116
    spage spage@example.com 120.40.130.70
    joe joe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mail2 mail2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    youremail youremail@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ejexany ejexany@opppanewmail.com 120.40.130.70
    friend friend@example.com 120.40.130.70
    5Cu003caddress 5Cu003caddress@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GeorgiaZ12 alexrosalie@veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    kevin kevin@crowningtex.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    xxx xxx@example.com 120.40.130.70
    joost joost@example.com 120.40.130.70
    duongqv duongqv@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    EleanoreHatchett tammykatrina@veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    GiselleHazel rodolfoandres@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    kirusyak kirusyak@zohomail.com 172.71.158.117
    Adelaide6190 alexrosalie@veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    LiamScaddan3041 liam-scaddan68@9210.seoseo2027thailand.com 217.156.59.156
    willalangston6149 willalangston6149@freundin.ru 104.22.17.79
    huyenlt huyenlt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    RileyClark4 riley-clark@49ed.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.188.59
    kalebashton720 kalebashton720@gmail.colm 120.40.130.70
    CharleneDaniel3 charlene-daniel95@49ed.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.188.87
    michaelmoore7845h5m michaelmoore7845h5m@swartluxury258.com 104.22.20.56
    CamillaMccaffrey issackandi@veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    AndresShafer andresshafer@5663.seoseo2027thailand.com 217.156.59.119
    hans.hans33 hans.hans33@zosiga.new-mail.info 83.97.118.108
    prince-klein91 prince-klein91@feb7.cyber99.work 104.22.17.79
    sherryl-sherryl17 sherryl-sherryl17@lavehe.pasta.beer 172.69.23.47
    grgebzaouw grgebzaouw@rambler.ru 172.71.158.117
    belousov-7expw belousov-7expw@rambler.ru 169.150.227.208
    RSUGerard6 gerard-gerard@fanavi.pretoria.pro 45.159.20.138
    RaeCairnduff73 raecairnduff38@slide.veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    testdude testdude@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jsxagdlr jsxagdlr@hypercubemail.com 104.22.17.79
    michaelmartinez87038iit michaelmartinez87038iit@a.indexpulse.app 209.127.50.93
    l.i.n.k.s.89ma.st l.i.n.k.s.89ma.st@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    efremova.vera.1979.28.4 efremova.vera.1979.28.4@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    KristalOrta199 alexrosalie@veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    KatherineAmaral franklindelphia@veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    ou.r.a.y.do.g.1 ou.r.a.y.do.g.1@gmail.com 204.8.96.77