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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 - 10 Oct 2026 5:13 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,846
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    natalie-kosovich natalie-kosovich@en.benefactor.website 104.22.17.78
    giang giang@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    violet-isabel violet-isabel@b97d.seoseo2027thailand.com 172.71.154.60
    DawnaDesjardins maryrodriguez438ep4d@gsasearchengineranker.com 107.172.11.72
    quynhanhn quynhanhn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    DelorisY97 jadetorrens8759@trashmailr.com 188.212.135.56
    dallas-ogle dallas-ogle@love.pwrts.cfd 104.22.17.79
    heltschl.gerald heltschl.gerald@mailbox.org 120.40.130.70
    BrianBEK lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 84.54.44.204
    209:5:3132:3632::566:4 209:5:3132:3632::566:4 120.40.130.70
    2600:1700:90:970:20:031:17:45 2600:1700:90:970:20:031:17:45 120.40.130.70
    healthsave10 ijeqiluge@popnewmail.com 158.69.119.16
    louieherrell louieherrell@anonmails.de 138.36.92.74
    1194k6ja0zo 1194k6ja0zo@cmgyyq.com 172.69.135.14
    brycehildebrand brycehildebrand@mnvr.site 104.22.17.78
    202:3100:6518:600:26:0:541:203 202:3100:6518:600:26:0:541:203 120.40.130.70
    swenrowlandson4041 swenrowlandson4041@discard.email 162.158.167.144
    ijeqiluge ijeqiluge@popnewmail.com 158.69.119.16
    hwa.bynum hwa.bynum@mailtech.ro 172.71.154.61
    alinaalina alinaalina@vineto.indialove.shop 77.83.27.54
    jeydzqmvaor jeydzqmvaor@avtovoz-av10.ru 120.40.130.70
    shella.shella84 shella.shella84@sanole.goodmail.world 193.31.126.236
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    garryscullin garryscullin@t.woeishyang.com 172.71.154.61
    EdgardoRot klbowersox@comcast.net 62.60.248.10
    WinstonJel thomasmartinez8493e5qh@e.indexpulse.app 192.186.181.233
    elizabethbrown98483557 elizabethbrown98483557@verifiedlinklist.com 162.158.167.143
    desteamethme desteamethme@mail.ru 104.22.20.57
    AdolfoPedroza60 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    BonitaAndrus marisakorey@veauly.com 154.16.69.173
    efremova.vera.1979.28.4 efremova.vera.1979.28.4@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    madisonhaight6013 madisonhaight6013@de.benefactor.website 172.69.135.14
    LeaSilva ocanucaciyoc98lea.silva.isaoomap@gmail.com 213.155.119.187
    JoieFlinn1 marisakorey@veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    2607:91:15:57:34:554:40:17 2607:91:15:57:34:554:40:17 120.40.130.70
    Elvis10Y637637 francislottie@veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    vida.hardwicke vida.hardwicke@emailgsa2.xyz 162.158.167.144
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.70.46.74
    barbarabrown3985g2mj barbarabrown3985g2mj@verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.17.79
    Health5411 afixcaruf@opppanewmail.com 158.69.118.188
    aureliapir aureliapirkle@testaged1.site 50.6.207.27
    elizabethsmith2681fa4e elizabethsmith2681fa4e@verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.23.48
    phuongvtm phuongvtm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    merlin-merlin31 merlin-merlin31@dilofu.mailbox.mom 45.147.9.185
    202:598:96:800::00:211 202:598:96:800::00:211 120.40.130.70
    green03045 green03045@notlettersmail.com (empty)
    202:8084:6182:380:16:738:827:57 202:8084:6182:380:16:738:827:57 120.40.130.70
    NicholasMorris ijupizajobob90nicholasmorristaperila@gmail.com 62.146.172.144
    MatthewConti ijupizajobob90matthew.conti.kipugevi@gmail.com 62.146.172.144
    aidan.blackwelder aidan.blackwelder@6dd0.seoseo2027thailand.com 162.158.167.144
    edithlyng edithlyng@anonmails.de 104.22.20.57
    KarenLopez ijupizajobob90karen.lopez.efuseoab@gmail.com 62.146.172.144
    DelorisAlberts2 carinanestor@veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 172.69.23.47
    fred04276 fred04276@twc.com 2603:7081:1000:513:391:6368:153:67
    duydk duydk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    PhoebeMendez phoebe.phoebe46@jiyeku.water.tattoo 45.147.234.169
    GerardPoston17 lindseycruz8762@anonmails.de 109.248.166.148
    desteamethme desteamethme@mail.ru 172.69.23.47
    KatherinaWickham frankristofer@veauly.com 154.16.69.76
    phuongvk phuongvk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:987:700:0:0:682:282 202:8108:987:700:0:0:682:282 120.40.130.70
    BrennaRodarte88 frankristofer@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    paulmartin3942n7pd paulmartin3942n7pd@verifiedlinklist.com 193.202.9.67
    adalberto-filippio adalberto-filippio@take-ur-vites.org 128.199.113.85
    i011251239 i011251239@unhas.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    theashoremap1983 theashoremap1983@mailnorms.com 104.22.17.79
    12030125130123 12030125130123@student.undip.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    phuongnt phuongnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    CoreyPsx5050 nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 191.101.92.60