[Click here to increase your API Limit]

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 Jul 2026 11:28 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,608
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    MariAmes29281 mari-mari@vicuwa.maptech.online 199.96.164.22
    annataxoso annataxoso@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    lucyshute84 lucyshute84@51tiemo.com 172.69.135.13
    MerleSowerby104 merlesowerby@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.124
    markhernandez3901n2tp markhernandez3901n2tp@a.gsavps.xyz 104.22.17.127
    202:1810:942:500:16:93:65: 202:1810:942:500:16:93:65: 120.40.130.70
    lillywade lillywade@veauly.com 172.69.22.86
    RosarioRrf donaldwilliams87775ahp@c.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.114.251
    emelia.edmonson33 emelia.edmonson33@ff79.jackout.xyz 120.40.130.70
    m.eg.asto.p.lay m.eg.asto.p.lay@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    viole viole@c.reviewsgames.net 172.69.22.86
    chaskovach8550 chaskovach8550@anonmails.de 104.22.20.142
    KelleyWilshire5 kelleywilshire6@slow.pettin.com 144.48.52.206
    TysonTrombley88 tysontrombley78@put.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    202:1811:140:100:10:317:761:51 202:1811:140:100:10:317:761:51 120.40.130.70
    keenanmcmillan keenanmcmillan@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 149.18.117.199
    202:1808:50:47::495:1723 202:1808:50:47::495:1723 120.40.130.70
    t.a.o.m.im.i.1.99.0.0.40.4 t.a.o.m.im.i.1.99.0.0.40.4@gmail.com 81.168.119.85
    traciwysocki24 traciwysocki24@deny.milkgg.com 172.69.135.13
    2603:7002:2700:717:44::2:3 2603:7002:2700:717:44::2:3 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9535:6800:4478:2377:31:03 202:1810:9535:6800:4478:2377:31:03 120.40.130.70
    danielwilliams6906w90h danielwilliams6906w90h@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 192.126.159.162
    TommyMonzon89 tommymonzon39@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.235
    ColleenRicketson colleenricketson19@fiber.pettin.com 144.48.52.31
    202:1810:9535:6800:4478:2377:31:03 202:1810:9535:6800:4478:2377:31:03 120.40.130.70
    robertgonzalez69185lin robertgonzalez69185lin@b.gsavps.xyz 120.40.130.70
    sdc.1357.henri.barbusse sdc.1357.henri.barbusse@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    elena.koms elena.koms@bk.ru 89.105.206.147
    stew.deary stew.deary@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    dawid.kostecki dawid.kostecki@interia.eu (empty)
    2600:1700:8030:1530:96:936:348:4111 2600:1700:8030:1530:96:936:348:4111 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:150:2800:341:3:29:538 202:1810:150:2800:341:3:29:538 120.40.130.70
    DiannaGarica0 davidwilliams70825uvs@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 107.175.74.144
    p.awubal.e892. p.awubal.e892.@gmail.com 95.216.68.244
    o.pug.u.h.e.v.uj.78 o.pug.u.h.e.v.uj.78@gmail.com 172.69.22.87
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    foobar foobar@example.com 120.40.130.70
    eduardo eduardo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jd jd@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bogus bogus@example.com 120.40.130.70
    helm-secrets helm-secrets@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Cyaaaa jhoricraga8@gmail.comm 139.135.241.50
    richardrodriguez3908xb47 richardrodriguez3908xb47@a.blog-stuff.com 120.40.130.70
    SEZMorris1107 morrischilders4@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.53.87
    210231012014 210231012014@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zeseeintefs Inhetry@gmail.com 104.23.223.28
    KellyeBrewer40 kellyebrewer33@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.55.131
    br.a.d.t.he.m.aste.r77.7 br.a.d.t.he.m.aste.r77.7@gmail.com 216.24.212.158
    BrianThornber brianthornber29@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.54.227
    JacklynPuig5644 jacklynpuig5@yell.milkgg.com 196.196.254.36
    staceyyokoyama staceyyokoyama@code-gmail.com 104.22.18.53
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cecilemarr cecilemarr@tempr.email 172.71.154.178
    stew.deary stew.deary@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    MavisMarron137 maryanncruce@adult-work.info 103.106.238.18
    a-k-1998 a-k-1998@list.ru 82.144.66.59
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    NestorRumsey5 nestorrumsey50@cold.muzaco.com 102.165.54.227
    2604:280:06:4600:95:40:24:52 2604:280:06:4600:95:40:24:52 120.40.130.70
    andreas-boyle andreas-boyle@help.thewisetransfer.click 172.69.135.13
    202:020:54:2::3:6266:17 202:020:54:2::3:6266:17 120.40.130.70
    EulahWilmer2 janbeatriz@solstris.com 144.48.52.102
    kateyka-85 kateyka-85@mail.ru 31.173.80.222
    202:1810:98:700:74:154:721:4733 202:1810:98:700:74:154:721:4733 120.40.130.70
    Johnathan0270 johnathanjohnathan55@hixibu.pokemonica.online 194.180.233.54
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 172.69.22.86
    sung.wilbanks6407 sung.wilbanks6407@gsa.fghe.store 104.22.20.143
    VenusDotson56 frederickpalafox975@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 103.106.238.18
    992051232 992051232@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    ahmad-ciehirello ahmad-ciehirello@healthypplevery.org 139.180.5.141
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 104.22.18.53
    shin sir.monkey27@gmail.com 202:3037:627:240:8:81:858:135
    indianaberman indianaberman@vexaluno.xyz 172.69.22.86
    Youcanstickitanywhere brookelewis@live.com.au 1.40.16.91
    lorenoconor3926 lorenoconor3926@work4me.store 172.71.159.81