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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 - 14 Mar 2026 1:01 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,291
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    info info@florianledru.com 2001:180::100:3:68:620:517
    Josep pram@fustespram.com 90.71.161.230
    johngallup johngallup@fastmail.com 2603:8000:801:6:53:432:71:3243
    joyfulmonk joyfulmonk@example.com 120.40.130.70
    suitofsilver suitofsilver@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Penis Penis@Example.Com 120.40.130.70
    johngallup johngallup@fastmail.com 2603:8000:801:6:1:281:812:383
    practica practica@example.com 120.40.130.70
    de6vote de6vote@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johngallup johngallup@fastmail.com 2605:000:10:2:424:510:292:24
    testpksd testpksd@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test1607 test1607@example.com 120.40.130.70
    iclin iclin@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johngallup johngallup@fastmail.com 2603:8000:801:6:25:92:394:17
    yxughgaumpl yxughgaumpl@problemno.shop 162.158.167.134
    kakaboom kakaboom@example.com 120.40.130.70
    demo demo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testsigner testsigner@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dummy6 dummy6@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ivanov ivanov@example.com 120.40.130.70
    eggshell eggshell@example.com 120.40.130.70
    some some@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fake1 fake1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MollyShattuck5 molly.molly21@bewugu.noman.cc 65.111.14.31
    TraciMedders selinadrew@solstris.com 181.215.16.161
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    paulwentworth12 paulwentworth12@estrella.elyquin.org 172.69.23.194
    noname123456 noname123456@example.com 120.40.130.70
    oofdhinjqpl oofdhinjqpl@problemno.shop 104.22.20.234
    foobar foobar@example.com 120.40.130.70
    riczat riczat@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    thomaz thomaz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nxayevtjppl nxayevtjppl@problemno.shop 172.71.158.68
    AlejandroMobley alejandromobley53@list.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.133
    elishapowlett elishapowlett@topcompanygroup.com 95.135.41.9
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dave dave@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testkey testkey@example.com 120.40.130.70
    oyzbnjlpjpl oyzbnjlpjpl@problemno.shop 172.71.158.69
    two two@example.com 120.40.130.70
    carlos carlos@scongress.com 2600:387::5917::5
    EnidF61279957897 enid-enid@patiji.floor.casa 104.207.39.156
    artemyevradik artemyevradik@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    dummyemail dummyemail@example.com 120.40.130.70
    stig stig@example.com 120.40.130.70
    psqbkeprhpl psqbkeprhpl@problemno.shop 172.71.154.178
    przemekr przemekr@example.com 120.40.130.70
    na na@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AidenYns286964 aidennewbold63@keep.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.164
    carol carol@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ifpzhwejfpl ifpzhwejfpl@problemno.shop 172.71.154.178
    sWeeds sWeeds@example.com 120.40.130.70
    robert robert@example.com 120.40.130.70
    coevote2222 coevote2222@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vevRykyuc9 vevRykyuc9@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bob.smith bob.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bobbyjones bobbyjones@example.com 120.40.130.70
    joycelynmilerum849 joycelynmilerum849@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.235
    ramirezjorge9899 ramirezjorge9899@americana.edu.co 120.40.130.70
    vtl.sidelnikov vtl.sidelnikov@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    Lucy51Y81094 stevenmiller5421puz4@gsasearchengineranker.com 103.87.142.82
    2001:410:801:2000::4380 2001:410:801:2000::4380 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EstelaHodd estelahoddle@alexbitmoon.com 193.142.58.23
    JacquelynHibbins jacquelynhibbins100@feed.cdfaq.com 23.81.230.194
    michaelhernandez3522osxx michaelhernandez3522osxx@welcometotijuana.com 104.22.20.234
    sarahrodriguez144924km sarahrodriguez144924km@gsavps.xyz 192.241.113.212
    aimeeparamor aimeeparamor@topcompanygroup.com 91.124.111.76
    a.nonimo a.nonimo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vova120gt vova120gt@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    IsaacFarri isaacfarris@sanad.top 185.158.104.114
    rentsympstapej1981 rentsympstapej1981@mailopenz.com 162.158.167.133
    jamesfischer8679upnp jamesfischer8679upnp@seoautomationpro.com 172.69.134.82
    Rosie5299974462 michellenelson@solstris.com 177.234.143.121
    202:03:86:7300:8896:94:13:814 202:03:86:7300:8896:94:13:814 120.40.130.70