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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 - 6 Aug 2026 2:49 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,620
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Kadokcof ocsthwru@legenmail.com 37.139.53.80
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2601:80:8600:750:57:769:757:10 2601:80:8600:750:57:769:757:10 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:580:00:5:510:1727:4906 202:3100:580:00:5:510:1727:4906 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3 mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 10.42.102.190
    Larryjog admin@promodoc.ru 144.124.224.111
    jparcade5g4i jparcade5g4i@web-library.net 8.216.89.155
    Ola34N70753 olalevesque38@with.mxdood.com 207.148.65.68
    MarlysUux686 marlysdalgety73@call.milkgg.com 207.148.65.68
    MonikaVernon6 monikavernon50@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    kishaorme9345 kishaorme9345@spambog.com 45.67.210.21
    kraykov kraykov@mail.ru 87.255.16.210
    mwe mwe@295.ca 142.113.139.80
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    PilarBluba pilar-pilar@rekomo.cleanmail.online 140.235.2.159
    ConnorBrownell8 connorbrownell91@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.158
    AlbertoFreese albertofreese55@slide.veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    GeniaMcnabb laurindahayman1666@anonmails.de 154.208.61.198
    l.i.nks8.9m.ast. l.i.nks8.9m.ast.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    JaquelineT33 jaquelinejaqueline@laxupe.digimail.info 83.97.118.217
    ArthurBeckwith2 arthurarthur@menulu.digimail.info 212.119.40.182
    help help@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hello hello@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    scottb scottb@verdantaudio.com 204:441:3008:83::35:883
    mx.bhohdo8174 mx.bhohdo8174@jaebd.com 77.246.99.200
    202:908:57:240:91:0:40:9497 202:908:57:240:91:0:40:9497 120.40.130.70
    scottb scottb@verdantaudio.com 2601:86:480:110:91:43:906:23
    Estrella Monferrer 62.36.122.135
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:893:452:1096:809 202:8108:8125:100:893:452:1096:809 120.40.130.70
    pqamedkigx pqamedkigx@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    RobertGor ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 62.113.113.162
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AutumnG8636 autumnbrendel74@toy.pettin.com 154.16.69.173
    CarloRather884 carlorather37@these.veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    MaurineChamberli maurinechamberlin71@dear.mxdood.com 181.215.16.219
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mxkobxgu mxkobxgu@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.3.126
    MichelineShade ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.55.40
    MonaPendley2546 mona-pendley8177@baupo.pl 45.95.118.186
    AlisaHall528785 alisahall43@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    jasminebuttafusio jasminebuttafusio@take-ur-vites.org 72.37.217.3
    Richie58M458 richie.pierson1093@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.143
    a a@xelo.pro 178.69.23.173
    remontbytex remontbytex@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    colby.torti-pinder20 colby.torti-pinder20@healthypplevery.org 184.178.172.18
    olegpokuko olegpokuko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    wpadminsvc wpadminsvc@crowncoinscasino.com 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:4080:1:28:590:888:5 2607:91:4080:1:28:590:888:5 120.40.130.70
    o.he.fa.su.do66 o.he.fa.su.do66@gmail.com 87.199.200.109
    SantoQ5831 santoholly8@toy.pettin.com 223.29.254.133
    SantiagoHilliard juliennedakota@solstris.com 154.16.69.81
    Anneliese3476 clarkastley4000@8.dnsabr.com 103.106.238.18
    MelodeeFenwick4 rochelldyal5234@anonmails.de 45.88.150.144
    ElaneBrackman01 elanebrackman85@only.veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    202:1811:1:6800:6484:8:54:30 202:1811:1:6800:6484:8:54:30 120.40.130.70
    AidanAyala074 aidanayala19@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.54.212
    paulinemcc aauu2@birulangit.dev 181.177.110.28