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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 Aug 2026 10:39 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,523
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LibbyRackley911 libbyrackley87@nut.mxdood.com 23.81.230.194
    VirginiaHutching virginiahutchings9@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.53.235
    ConnieKirton819 hwalucio@solstris.com 154.16.69.58
    JulioWithrow juliowithrow22@slow.pettin.com 102.165.54.4
    TerrieWallis terriewallis97@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.39
    ShonaG8427595 shonastroup93@.mxdood.com 196.198.13.165
    avisodeprivacidad avisodeprivacidad@marzam.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    bfbqetsalKn bfbqetsalKn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    FrederickTrundle fredericktrundle39@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.81
    RollandBrownless kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.114.220
    brigitteplumlee91 brigitteplumlee91@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.251
    contacto contacto@marzam.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    simonebickford simonebickford@tiptopmail.top 120.40.130.70
    LillianHaralson lillianharalson92@slow.pettin.com 102.165.54.226
    EmilieBlak rosalynprouty4054@mailmenot.io 104.28.244.125
    MariaFreytag maria.maria87@bapadi.kanye.online 216.40.72.220
    csr csr@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    aidcsms aidcsms@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    tbtoagloxsi tbtoagloxsi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    FloridaGng floridalaver48@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.206
    vicchen vicchen@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    ir ir@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    spokesman spokesman@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    angellai angellai@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    jiinhunglin jiinhunglin@ms.aidc.com.tw 120.40.130.70
    LeesaEudy3841 leesaeudy14@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.227
    contactcenter contactcenter@marzam.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    Tyler61 bridgesconstructionnv@gmail.com 24.176.247.103
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89:04:74:5:60
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 192.180.39.243
    RLEFleta181 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 191.101.92.218
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89:91:157:318:9
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89:50:70:284:35
    emeraldpond49 emeraldpond49@ohmyspins.com.de 79.127.144.112
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89:0:73:41:13
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89:1956:29:492:7
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89:944:10:92:1
    glennkelly glennkelly@y7mail.com 2405:9800:0:18:88:88:685:2253
    BrigidaCheek825 brigidacheek37@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.54.52
    robertbrown0 robertbrown0@twc.com 2603:6011:402:89::366:977:55
    tklvyawjit tklvyawjit@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    OlaWarfield00 olawarfield45@fiber.pettin.com 144.48.52.254
    JettFinckh7062 jettfinckh84@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.161
    EdnaWalkom9 ednawalkom22@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.223
    l.iw.e.iko.46.3 l.iw.e.iko.46.3@gmail.com 141.164.86.73
    20:003:215:38:760:2:24:5 20:003:215:38:760:2:24:5 120.40.130.70
    medbuy96 cunignia@prettymailhost.com 158.69.118.189
    FJYDonette donettesparks78@vhw.scoldly.com 152.232.223.130
    TiffinyAllan83 tiffinyallan41@these.veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    KatherinaTall30 katherinatall91@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.4
    HarlanGriswold harlangriswold61@brick.pettin.com 102.165.55.133
    203:680:05:4739:07:353:122:88 203:680:05:4739:07:353:122:88 120.40.130.70
    EddyShaw8213 eddyshaw@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.110
    PilarSons21 pilarsons64@trick.veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    ElvaBarnett621 elvabarnett27@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.205
    MZIBrenna7310668 brennaruggieri25@scene.muzaco.com 144.48.52.169
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    144.24.35.25 144.24.35.25 154.57.3.36
    212.68.181.175 212.68.181.175 154.57.3.36
    supervick79 supervick79@gmail.com 74.131.236.173
    swrswr2x10 swrswr2x10@hotmail.com 24.200.182.66
    KraigWalker dessiecarla@solstris.com 102.165.53.87
    128.140.8.200 128.140.8.200 176.8.89.36
    46.202.59.59 46.202.59.59 31.44.59.224
    140.248.73.66 140.248.73.66 154.57.3.36
    175.27.136.83 175.27.136.83 176.8.89.36
    15.220.152.95 15.220.152.95 176.8.89.36
    79.139.58.121 79.139.58.121 31.44.59.224