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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 - 19 Aug 2026 5:11 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,195
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yarmosh1981 yarmosh1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    donaldgonzalez75951iag donaldgonzalez75951iag@gsasearchengineranker.shop 217.117.167.143
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    iqpnwdmvimn iqpnwdmvimn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    BlairDowler4402 juliennedakota@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    lydiahammett8428 lydiahammett8428@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.137
    lao19791979 lao19791979@mail.ru 213.234.0.138
    TJCElton019 elton-sigel@e41a.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.7
    MFLMiguel137 miguel-mchugh67@4048.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.113
    verlene-mclane verlene-mclane@51tiemo.com 38.154.107.13
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    0886antonio.russell+Im 0886antonio.russell+Im@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    damyndvtoSn damyndvtoSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    tamimali tamimali@bk.ru 95.24.153.116
    hydtficbasi hydtficbasi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    PhilipFaulk357 philip-philip@sigara.digimail.info 194.180.233.136
    hugokohlmeier83 hugokohlmeier83@gribel.veranta.eu 120.40.130.70
    wpkpxtwixol wpkpxtwixol@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    BereniceBoxer15 berenice.boxer@9253.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.250
    HanneloreLoper karenjackson153e9s9@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.52.6
    SueHinchcliffe6 suehinchcliffe46@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.7
    BarryYost093837 barryyost41@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    avisgarretson avisgarretson@mailtech.ro 89.40.222.142
    VonnieMounts29 vonniemounts74@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.54.212
    PattiCrowley michellenelson@solstris.com 102.165.54.227
    reggieandmelli reggieandmelli@live.com.au 49.181.235.76
    RoseanneEssex2 roseanne-essex@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.57
    RolandoPillinger rolando-pillinger@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.212
    hmfugwayssi hmfugwayssi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    cd1e9d4c5530393e3f151a04cd2a4cd9 2595687006@qq.com 2605:520:2:94:24:11:4:36
    rvmgreta94 gretachristian@mailtech.ro 89.40.222.152
    202:8108:8125:100:5881:9564:545:99 202:8108:8125:100:5881:9564:545:99 120.40.130.70
    SandyHodge1 sandyhodge@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.109
    RosariaBarwell matthewjackson1348rzxh@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 82.77.72.11
    TrishaSimmonds trishasimmonds93@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.218
    he.wo.gi.l.e.v.8.2.8 he.wo.gi.l.e.v.8.2.8@gmail.com 87.199.201.200
    213:700:8:12:816:3:1:050 213:700:8:12:816:3:1:050 120.40.130.70
    DoyleSpowers461 doylespowers99@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    IsidraFrancisco isidrafrancisco69@81d9.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.140
    ShantellHatmaker shantell.hatmaker@northgablestudio.com 196.196.222.106
    202:3100:129:300:899:19:3067:38 202:3100:129:300:899:19:3067:38 120.40.130.70
    Lamar14H341241 lamar-rodway69@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.80
    KerryDang64242 kerry.dang.1048@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.44
    badjorpdsr badjorpdsr@rambler.ru 98.159.36.3
    trwmzskfrz trwmzskfrz@rambler.ru 98.159.36.3
    anizgwbjli anizgwbjli@rambler.ru 98.159.36.3
    rcvlmfyaft rcvlmfyaft@rambler.ru 98.159.36.3
    HenryBaumann4 henrybaumann66@fast.veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    rondafox6942 rondafox6942@anonmails.de 45.88.148.12
    amiltexaxd1188 amiltexaxd@yahoo.com 27.34.242.101
    seospirit228 seospirit228@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    anthonytvanovoz4312 anthonytvanovoz@vip.163.com 27.34.242.101
    MandyMitchel mandymitchel91@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.224
    kanchanmavenwebmarketing9 kanchanmavenwebmarketing9@gmail.com 2409:404:59:4:647:60:022:1
    mrfunk mrfunk@pm.me 80.71.143.6
    john28 john28@firnie.com 120.40.130.70
    MargartOcs margartvassallo8@lower.ehomu.com 191.101.114.29
    echterbillepierrealex1 echterbillepierrealex1@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    radislav002 radislav002@mail.ru 193.43.248.12
    Laura469115741 laurahollars20@087b.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.15
    TammyParamor francinefreeh@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 162.214.74.29
    BirgitBannerman birgitbannerman33@nor.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    colinworth9265 colinworth9265@freundin.ru 23.19.248.244
    Makedakip markoviljazp8231@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    lorenzathorby1 lorenzathorby1@gribel.veranta.eu 120.40.130.70
    nagalandstatelotterycom nagalandstatelotterycom@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DanielaFlynn24 hwalucio@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    mohammed.bushell mohammed.bushell@tiptopmail.top 5.45.37.78
    HoracioBrink710 horaciobrink37@slow.pettin.com 196.198.13.67
    ZandraSpear2846 zandraspear59@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    sheryl-lackey5442 sheryl-lackey5442@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.41
    RickyIra6400 ricky.ducroz91@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.109
    Christa81I christa.cascarret@9253.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.149