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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 - 26 Oct 2026 4:15 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,256
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JenniHorvath oximus7775yz548lhrk@gmail.com 193.93.229.224
    russruss69 russruss69@luvono.searchmail.club 195.63.1.225
    BeauMcCathie8 beaumccathie89@tuto.ylixo.com 82.21.76.60
    Arnold54C010 marianakieran@veauly.com 144.48.52.31
    thomasleibel thomasleibel@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    marilynwoolnough9060 marilynwoolnough9060@anonmails.de 172.71.154.242
    foss3 foss3@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MarioPham5992 mariopham6@9253.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.112
    HwaSallee9 minniepeltier@23.8.dnsabr.com 119.112.157.9
    pass pass@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rosalineparramore23 rosalineparramore23@tume.juxal.org 181.214.89.7
    khaind khaind@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    MichalMoyer4 michalmoyer95@fat.mxdood.com 107.158.95.229
    test127 test127@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ava-calderone-2490 ava-calderone-2490@todo.pwrts.cfd 104.22.17.112
    newadress newadress@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    john.smith john.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TA TA@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jbouman jbouman@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CharlotteWheatle charlottewheatley57@ago.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    none none@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KimberleyCavenag kimberley.cavenagh63@087b.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.92
    phuongvt phuongvt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    myrtleayres13 myrtleayres13@3cc6.konpyt.xyz 192.198.104.150
    sv2user sv2user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ip-172-24-3-151-root ip-172-24-3-151-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    eve.sdropper eve.sdropper@example.com 120.40.130.70
    barbararodriguez7791e1zy barbararodriguez7791e1zy@f.gsaserbuilder.xyz 104.223.49.73
    C9864E035850555FED49BBDA5150ABC5 C9864E035850555FED49BBDA5150ABC5@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testtriad1909 testtriad1909@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aoeu aoeu@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testj testj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    michael michael@example.com 120.40.130.70
    thracky thracky@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HWH HWH@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dummy9 dummy9@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jschmow jschmow@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testmail testmail@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jorge jorge@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sabina sabina@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:88:201:16:425:89:3 202:03:88:201:16:425:89:3 120.40.130.70
    lpic lpic@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jaysmith123 jaysmith123@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LaylaHeimbach9 laylaheimbach@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.250
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CyrilX4746338330 cyrilwehrle74@4048.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.250
    john.joe john.joe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zachkl zachkl@example.com 120.40.130.70
    foo.bar foo.bar@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jon78nb jon78nb@example.com 120.40.130.70
    noname noname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nevdxcoewst nevdxcoewst@avtovoz-av10.ru 120.40.130.70
    nvnaeuhf nvnaeuhf@analismail.com 172.69.135.4
    CAS CAS@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ngyqcczgast ngyqcczgast@avtovoz-av10.ru 120.40.130.70
    userd userd@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TyreeMarriott67 tyreemarriott@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.167
    jane jane@test.example.com 120.40.130.70
    carlschwindt658 carlschwindt658@mailcatch.com 172.69.135.3
    phuongnv phuongnv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    eve eve@test.example.com 120.40.130.70
    huynt huynt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    zolzhnqcvb zolzhnqcvb@rambler.ru 79.127.175.17
    joemontana joemontana@test.example.com 120.40.130.70
    huyenntt huyenntt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    huyenltn huyenltn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70