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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 - 2 Jun 2026 11:26 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,770
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    zauisjunior9828 zauisjunior@yahoo.com 192.99.8.15
    anatts7920 anatts@yahoo.com 192.99.8.15
    shantaehankins5619 shantaehankins5619@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.23.194
    Davidnuary seomasters9ampro@gsa-online.de 138.16.177.140
    Davidnuary seomasters9ampro@gsa-online.de 192.99.8.15
    lucafarnsworth lucafarnsworth@duriancompany.us 172.71.158.68
    DKVOctavio winfernaal6sr88@nestmailbox.com 66.212.25.121
    202:1810:15:5380:499:22:49:569 202:1810:15:5380:499:22:49:569 120.40.130.70
    jessicajohnson87784uc jessicajohnson87784uc@d.welcometotijuana.com 162.158.167.134
    XavierGullett4 xaviergullett.1870@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.27
    savannah-savannah savannah-savannah@helimo.macro.cfd 93.177.95.101
    verifgas4 verifgas4@konstruksituntas.com 172.69.134.84
    Fiona48C86 susansmith7943t0c1@b.resorts-in-asia.com 142.214.180.67
    727703711179 ppbujkisjq@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    vorvbmdt vorvbmdt@legenmail.com 104.22.17.127
    martinaburnham martinaburnham@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.85
    202:1810:0:3800:5:79:94:302 202:1810:0:3800:5:79:94:302 120.40.130.70
    LatishaLambe9 latishalatisha@goloji.likeme.buzz 93.177.94.237
    maziescruggs maziescruggs@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.158.68
    ribeirodasilvamadalena ribeirodasilvamadalena@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    jamilaarevalo98 jamilaarevalo98@tuti.unylix.com 107.174.108.134
    catherncreighton1898 catherncreighton1898@bd.dns-cloud.net 146.70.175.30
    nguyenchuongdannguyen760 nguyenchuongdannguyen760@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DeannaOstermann patriciarodriguez17649cpt@c.resorts-in-asia.com 104.223.126.143
    rodcadle rodcadle@1secmail.com 120.40.130.70
    christyhoppe3586 christyhoppe3586@anonmails.de 162.158.167.133
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Big_Dream big.dream.little.time@gmail.com 2600:1006:021:6405:6:5:21:098
    ttitguacornpe1986 ttitguacornpe1986@mailopenz.com 162.158.167.133
    ivanova-varzuga ivanova-varzuga@yandex.ru 78.36.2.184
    202:1813:2080:200:76:60:5:55 202:1813:2080:200:76:60:5:55 120.40.130.70
    864870535 864870535@qq.com 146.19.125.67
    krystlewilliam krystlewilliam@emailgsa2.xyz 172.71.158.69
    JacobDwight wcrustyuncoownsxr88@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.118
    tamera.greenup61 tamera.greenup61@7473.thomasin.online 172.69.134.84
    richardbrown5051bq7t richardbrown5051bq7t@f.welcometotijuana.com 172.69.134.84
    WFLRosetta rosettaluna37@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.21
    RussG4325186993 russrobillard41@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.175
    IMMMollie476 paulgonzalez91997w2z@c.resorts-in-asia.com 92.118.41.255
    flyertoomuch flyertoomuch@proton.me 122.118.35.111
    202:1810:941:5600:1437:1:3:52 202:1810:941:5600:1437:1:3:52 120.40.130.70
    202:020:5::87:933:582:9 202:020:5::87:933:582:9 120.40.130.70
    ofi.bevo.nuw8.4 ofi.bevo.nuw8.4@gmail.com 46.8.155.98
    2001:105:81:500:5:049:7481:853 2001:105:81:500:5:049:7481:853 120.40.130.70
    heacilpo heacilpo@mail.ru 158.173.89.50
    heacilpo heacilpo@mail.ru 158.173.89.242
    EddieBurney45 walendo2ar88@nestmailbox.com 67.215.225.137
    2001:105:81:500:5:049:7481:853 2001:105:81:500:5:049:7481:853 120.40.130.70
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:105:81:500:5:049:7481:853 2001:105:81:500:5:049:7481:853 120.40.130.70
    GladisMerideth wsigfriedekbr88@nestmailbox.com 67.215.225.181
    deborahpinto deborahpinto@discard.email 162.158.167.133
    onyx1 onyx1@t-online.de 204:4540:625:600:5:57:49:6
    lula-abrams lula-abrams@quickreply.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:38:52:13:6257:930:329 202:020:38:52:13:6257:930:329 120.40.130.70
    phil-phil44 phil-phil44@zakocu.pokemonica.online 104.22.20.142
    MilanDrm4154707 milan.milan@vojosa.masonic.live 212.18.113.207
    SimaMorrill565 simasima@nanopa.camels.online 77.243.90.212
    HoustonBeckett2 houstonbeckett89@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.54.227
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:343:310:601:14:6884:7064
    AlbertoStraub9 albertostraub77@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:341:40:992:30:2:26
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:346:7150:90:73:485:7290
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:34:5010:314:3:15:04
    matthewsain matthewsain@mailbox.org 120.40.130.70
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:343:310::3092:42:087
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:342:5000:29:56:50:608
    202:1810:941:5600:84:1:614:163 202:1810:941:5600:84:1:614:163 120.40.130.70
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:343:0:454:1879:598:88
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:343:0:35:655:830:28
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:340:740:6:09:803:810
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:345:950:886:9:62:093
    202:03:81:201:65:71:1:164 202:03:81:201:65:71:1:164 120.40.130.70
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:340:340:291:70:944:130
    chenmuqiang chenmuqiang@163.com 240:35:349:10:96:113:58:91