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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 - 21 Aug 2026 4:15 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,713
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ivanfuvuso ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    OLHAdalberto adalbertodyer63@trick.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    RockySchreiner rocky-rocky@noloru.macro.cfd 193.142.36.33
    benni.ec.h.a.ve.z61.86. benni.ec.h.a.ve.z61.86.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    HalDesman info@ramllertrucking.com 155.94.163.224
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Roberttat ni.c.o.lo.n.icolas777@gmail.com 173.239.211.89
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi276 newbloghi276@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    chiclesmilmo chiclesmilmo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    barbararodriguez3757x0j2 barbararodriguez3757x0j2@travel-e-store.com 78.157.213.124
    Test Test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    3445gf 3445gf@yopmail.com 120.40.130.70
    acdipr acdipr@example.org 120.40.130.70
    antennes antennes@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    YHCLaura3253 marywilson69985bmm@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 23.236.236.28
    ErlindaWhatley robertmoore2552kc2o@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 38.154.110.226
    TerriHarper terri@ramllertrucking.com 155.94.163.224
    nope nope@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jacksonoliveirabarbosa01 jacksonoliveirabarbosa01@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lh lh@example.org 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:815:80:90:3:654:420 2607:91:815:80:90:3:654:420 120.40.130.70
    nip.i.s.a.ko.t5.5 nip.i.s.a.ko.t5.5@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ManuelRarma 2gewwertewvb@anonmails.de 209.50.181.25
    202:8108:8125:100:19:943:8942:18 202:8108:8125:100:19:943:8942:18 120.40.130.70
    SimoneGkm williamjohnson75748bx3@gsasearchengineranker.guru 217.60.121.178
    chicomarinheiro chicomarinheiro@uol.com.br 120.40.130.70
    MercedesWilfong mercedeswilfong43@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    mail mail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    b.e.nn.i.ech.avez6.18.6. b.e.nn.i.ech.avez6.18.6.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    KelvinHerndon michealfranklyn@anonmails.de 109.248.138.189
    lynell.kastner lynell.kastner@mailtech.ro 91.211.87.63
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 10.42.102.190
    finance2016 finance2016@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Westonfam asher.dean461@gmail.com 149.5.4.229
    DeanneWood christopherrodriguez5772xgah@budgetthailandtravel. 66.63.161.248
    be.n.ni.ech.ave.z.61.8.6 be.n.ni.ech.ave.z.61.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    len.ag.opka.lo7.3 len.ag.opka.lo7.3@gmail.com 66.56.82.27
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    zcayjuyixKi zcayjuyixKi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    elwood.elwood60 elwood.elwood60@huboye.3mail.info 45.80.107.87
    karengonzalez5413f8yq karengonzalez5413f8yq@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 120.40.130.70
    b.e.n.niec.ha.v.ez6.1.86 b.e.n.niec.ha.v.ez6.1.86@gmail.com 104.28.214.127
    LaneBachmeier lanebachmeier44@.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    GidgetClaflin gidgetgidget@wujini.dmail.fit 77.83.27.198
    egorgefuhi egorgefuhi@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    toby toby@elefloat.com 51.9.225.131
    205:94:439:5824:4062:18:1:2 205:94:439:5824:4062:18:1:2 120.40.130.70
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    CareyCalderone careycalderone26@wild.ehomu.com 23.95.81.223
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 178.20.44.140
    FaithFoelsche9 montecoleman@0815.ru 31.129.170.42
    marina.hannacanuckaudio marina.hannacanuckaudio@gmail.com 38.49.180.205
    jessicaanderson77367nyc jessicaanderson77367nyc@c.resorts-in-asia.com 94.229.71.89
    b.e.nn.ie.ch.a.v.ez.618.6. b.e.nn.ie.ch.a.v.ez.618.6.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    SoonVaughn77712 soonvaughn29@.mxdood.com 191.101.114.68
    raisamemibi raisamemibi@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    anthonytop9550 anthonytop@163.com 27.34.242.101
    sophiayandetoz4556 sophiayandetoz@yahoo.com 27.34.242.101
    Henryhap yulya.suvorova.2024@mail.ru 37.221.202.27
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    zuconffunpu zuconffunpu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LBDVernita vernitanolette4@fiber.pettin.com 191.101.114.220
    y.o.y.ir.ihu.j0.0.3 y.o.y.ir.ihu.j0.0.3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    be.nn.i.e.ch.ave.z.6.186 be.nn.i.e.ch.ave.z.6.186@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    2001:100:11:500:823:15:719:3 2001:100:11:500:823:15:719:3 120.40.130.70
    PatrickRym jessicabrown37122k4y@c.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.11.80
    gsienkiewicz gsienkiewicz@stny.rr.com 2603:7083:00:68:45:811:120:1260
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 10.42.102.190
    uqpyfkpaypi uqpyfkpaypi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    gsienkiewicz gsienkiewicz@stny.rr.com 2603:7083:00:68:946:6317:72:36
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