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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 - 11 Sep 2026 4:30 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,223
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tessalaforest71 tessalaforest71@fog.blyxen.org 104.22.17.78
    TaneshaCaviness alexrosalie@veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristenEarly7 beauclarita@veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2003:0:471:100:59:69:52:16 2003:0:471:100:59:69:52:16 120.40.130.70
    everichmond89 everichmond89@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.184
    info info@cierra.ai 120.40.130.70
    Denismvo fed.o.r.muta.ni.s@gmail.com 202.28.194.139
    l.i.n.ks.89.m.a.st. l.i.n.ks.89.m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    Carissa4009 matthewwilson6456sysq@a.travel-e-store.com 152.232.160.143
    lin.k.s.89mast lin.k.s.89mast@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    PattySunderland susandavis6929tqj9@d.indexpulse.app 38.154.105.17
    li.n.k.s89.m.a.st. li.n.k.s89.m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    Denismvo fed.o.r.muta.ni.s@gmail.com 158.173.155.197
    lin.k.s8.9.mast lin.k.s8.9.mast@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    l.in.k.s.8.9m.as.t l.in.k.s.8.9m.as.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    augustaugust16 augustaugust16@muwijo.pasta.beer 172.71.154.168
    link.s8.9mas.t link.s8.9mas.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    ElkeKeysor tammykatrina@veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    li.nk.s.8.9ma.st. li.nk.s.8.9ma.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    herringchristian398+SU herringchristian398+SU@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    sddw sddw@webtoteam.shop 104.22.17.78
    xrumer23jouri xrumer23jouri@gmail.com 27.130.220.199
    charlamoyes charlamoyes@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.79
    williemaehearn30 williemaehearn30@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.57
    keeshabarak keeshabarak@0815.ru 172.71.159.81
    ElliottOsy carinanestor@veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    shanishani shanishani@reyupu.indialove.shop 172.69.23.183
    7833 7833@farironalds.com 104.22.20.57
    StewartLigar429 hugorene@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    pyjlpela pyjlpela@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    4876 4876@farironalds.com 45.74.3.79
    MarcelJonathan8 josephgarcia9982ycpf@e.theindexer.shop 23.236.232.165
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    alissarobertson alissarobertson@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.20.56
    wilburdobson wilburdobson@web.run.place 172.69.23.183
    johnsonhort2743 johnsonhort2743@anonmails.de 162.158.167.144
    theodoreheim7667 theodoreheim7667@muareview.com 172.69.135.13
    elanav1439 elana-deboer3963@domaikita.xyz 208.76.40.174
    josettetorrance josettetorrance@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.78
    AlejandraC71 nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    10dnss3c 10dnss3c@rambler.ru 185.65.201.205
    PrestonMorley preston-preston15@zuwova.durovmail.cv 45.147.233.241
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    clayupchurch clayupchurch@entityauthority.xyz 209.127.17.190
    WilmaFalcone2 richardbrown90992tjg@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 64.188.11.14
    SherrylMcKibben beauclarita@veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    NatashaAmaya marianakieran@veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    AlbertinaPlott9 albertina.plott@1167.bulbulda.xyz 38.154.186.223
    Tilly14T97225 marisakorey@veauly.com 102.165.54.226
    KobyClinton135 wmalisia@veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    Bell3683833 lindagarcia6736qzgc@d.theindexer.shop 209.127.196.56
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    saulpalombo3757 saulpalombo3757@anonmails.de 172.71.154.168
    penkom penkom@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    Trista tristahoyland1@gmail.com 2406:240:69:08:906:29:28:63
    brodie-brodie62 brodie-brodie62@duluhi.itpower.sbs 104.22.20.56
    sasobat sasobat@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    williamgonzalez7354kgof williamgonzalez7354kgof@gsaserbuilder.xyz 38.154.129.18
    pengaduanyanblik pengaduanyanblik@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    2600:1010:10:9:876:30::313 2600:1010:10:9:876:30::313 120.40.130.70
    eksimkelotsk eksimkelotsk@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    CurtJefferis59 carinanestor@veauly.com 191.101.114.21
    hildegardhildegard34 hildegardhildegard34@zamuce.television.pics 162.158.167.144
    ditwaskos ditwaskos@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    poexelke poexelke@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    naveen.goswamy naveen.goswamy@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ditwasprrs ditwasprrs@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    lonnaspafford7846 lonnaspafford7846@anonmails.de 196.16.5.119
    ditwasprod ditwasprod@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    eksimonpp eksimonpp@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    m.glene.n.kotpa.n.ks.w.imp.ul. m.glene.n.kotpa.n.ks.w.imp.ul.@gmail.com 172.69.23.183
    michale michale@b.rchelicoptersreview.com 172.69.23.183
    202:474:747:0:181:0:020:46 202:474:747:0:181:0:020:46 120.40.130.70
    bpomtanahbumbu bpomtanahbumbu@pom.go.id 120.40.130.70
    l.i.nks8.9.m.a.s.t. l.i.nks8.9.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 172.69.135.13
    li.nk.s.89.m.a.st li.nk.s.89.m.a.st@gmail.com 104.22.20.57
    li.nk.s.89m.as.t li.nk.s.89m.as.t@gmail.com 104.22.20.57
    lin.ks.8.9.m.a.s.t lin.ks.8.9.m.a.s.t@gmail.com 172.71.154.169