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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 - 22 Aug 2026 4:19 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,879
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    raz.friman raz.friman@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    Gen2Rc Gen2Rc@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    b.e.nni.ec.h.a.v.e.z61.86 b.e.nni.ec.h.a.v.e.z61.86@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    ellenomahony2924 ellenomahony2924@h.lovepettoys.shop 131.108.17.234
    IngeborgUli ingeborgragland15@nut.mxdood.com 23.95.204.251
    benn.iec.ha.v.e.z6186. benn.iec.ha.v.e.z6186.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    FortuneyNdounda teasia@proton.me 2605:590:23:808:4:18:71:3
    edith5888 edith.regalado@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.204
    Polly20355477 johnbrown3644bm82@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 66.63.164.140
    2600:1702:201:1610:713:649:2:14 2600:1702:201:1610:713:649:2:14 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi177 newbloghi177@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    113wechwech 113wechwech@caramail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:43:5600:600:994:152:2326:27 2001:43:5600:600:994:152:2326:27 120.40.130.70
    2001:67:60:0:192:42:116:53 2001:67:60:0:192:42:116:53 120.40.130.70
    bennie.c.h.av.e.z.61.8.6 bennie.c.h.av.e.z.61.8.6@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    b.e.n.nie.ch.av.e.z6.1.8.6 b.e.n.nie.ch.av.e.z6.1.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    joesphhust81 joesphhust81@brivex.veranta.eu 120.40.130.70
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    okarat okarat@mailkolnet.com 94.23.25.75
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    b.e.n.nie.c.h.a.v.ez.6.18.6. b.e.n.nie.c.h.a.v.ez.6.18.6.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    otesafal otesafal@prettymailhost.com 158.69.118.189
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.inks8.9.m.ast l.inks8.9.m.ast@gmail.com 104.28.214.127
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Russ78692183 christopherrodriguez4829lbhm@f.welcometotijuana.co 94.46.247.89
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    be.nn.i.e.c.h.a.v.e.z6.18.6 be.nn.i.e.c.h.a.v.e.z6.18.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    AdriannaCrawford adriannacrawford21@trick.veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    2001:410:2005:100::186 2001:410:2005:100::186 120.40.130.70
    ben.ni.echav.ez.6.1.8.6 ben.ni.echav.ez.6.1.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    sergey-yalta sergey-yalta@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    florencejo florencejoe@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.131
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MariFincher12 marifincher87@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    karentaylor4928itsr karentaylor4928itsr@f.welcometotijuana.com 81.92.195.69
    BiancaErelf frolovmakswu5598@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    benn.i.e.c.ha.ve.z.618.6 benn.i.e.c.ha.ve.z.618.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    cwmoaznpxv cwmoaznpxv@rambler.ru 93.183.94.195
    fyzcfzvzhKl fyzcfzvzhKl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    202:8108:8125:100:594::8515:772 202:8108:8125:100:594::8515:772 120.40.130.70
    benni.e.ch.a.vez.6.1.86. benni.e.ch.a.vez.6.1.86.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    JackiGraziani1 jackigraziani94@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.238
    ukucin ukucin@prettymailhost.com 158.69.118.189
    lexaigol lexaigol@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
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    vance.graffagnino15 vance.graffagnino15@healthypplevery.org 69.58.77.243
    mukanhairitadiwanashe6 mukanhairitadiwanashe6@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    corrinecavagna corrinecavagna@take-ur-vites.org 158.62.210.202
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    nmnlpksukmi nmnlpksukmi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    mer-1 mer-1@topcrush.org 169.150.218.71
    JefferyMawby jefferymawby-9356@mailtech.ro 89.45.125.115
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    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    Rosemary66V rosemary.rolfe@4da9.biopsynetwork.store 74.128.114.11
    EmmaEudy458 thomasgarcia6034z4eo@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 81.92.194.186
    100 100@waterpalm.online 138.16.177.53
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