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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 - 12 Feb 2026 2:38 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,192
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    nellpattison77 nellpattison77@wild.ehomu.com 172.69.23.193
    p.ollyl.u9.3 p.ollyl.u9.3@gmail.com 172.71.158.68
    norrisdelittle norrisdelittle@1mail.x24hr.com 104.22.20.178
    KennySecrest kenny.secrest@2224.zcvb.xyz 66.212.24.127
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    alejandro.moreno alejandro.moreno@myrconsultores.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    info info@speed-seo.net 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    jiangu jiangu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    chelewis chelewis@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    mahdesai mahdesai@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    MichealByr saz.ito@yahoo.com 5.135.29.1
    everitchard5670 everitchard5670@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    kursorbymarket kursorbymarket@kirisbyforum.fun 172.71.158.69
    penelopezercho4129 penelopezercho4129@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.134.210
    a.gget.8.5ho.va.rd. a.gget.8.5ho.va.rd.@gmail.com (empty)
    BetsyBaillieu0 betsy-baillieu83@25de.dadiso.xyz 66.63.186.175
    202:1810:858:900:950:895:77:55 202:1810:858:900:950:895:77:55 120.40.130.70
    astancu astancu@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    LatoyaCast antonettastapleton@mailcatch.com 74.50.107.116
    contact.nostalgic.threadz contact.nostalgic.threadz@gmail.com 170.247.223.242
    andrewmoore2386ubo3 andrewmoore2386ubo3@welcometotijuana.com 72.57.99.185
    RTKUwe85577269 uwebarrallier81@among.ehomu.com 196.240.143.22
    CarlotaDefoor carlotadefoor87@feedback.51tiemo.com 173.211.37.101
    kgldmuhi kgldmuhi@streetwormail.com 120.40.130.70
    bellevogler29 bellevogler29@9885.scalesurge.io 104.22.17.126
    ag.g.e.t85ho.var.d ag.g.e.t85ho.var.d@gmail.com 84.239.37.12
    MercedesEllzey7 mercedes.ellzey49@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.80.140.137
    aline.maygar aline.maygar@boxnetmail.my 170.199.228.51
    xrumer23Shole xrumer23Shole@gmail.com 58.186.110.92
    FerneEdb4638 ferne-maclaurin36@6226.tgvc.xyz 66.212.23.219
    200:20:0:783:1:66:3:641 200:20:0:783:1:66:3:641 120.40.130.70
    MinervaNeild598 minervaneild12@af73.kasc1lk.xyz 66.212.23.203
    ClintWgh93192 clint.clint@basige.mexicans.pro 104.207.47.183
    aretha-kingsford-buonguadagni29 aretha-kingsford-buonguadagni29@healthypplevery.or 147.53.118.58
    JettStahl7342473 jettstahl26@keep.cdfaq.com 191.96.252.163
    HiramLessard8 hiramlessard63@cool.muzaco.com 191.96.95.50
    AdellFerro752 adellferro11@scene.muzaco.com 191.101.92.145
    MaryanneMoffett maryannemoffett@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.84.103.77
    2018951848 2018951848@tmomail.net 193.34.74.202
    everetttoosey everetttoosey@c088.rshrthertherth.net 77.246.108.10
    202:8108:8125:100:198:2:35:329 202:8108:8125:100:198:2:35:329 120.40.130.70
    ColemanSch colemanschroder70@b084.vovk.store 209.127.28.222
    kaykay66 kaykay66@nacexi.wish.rest 45.3.36.15
    202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 120.40.130.70
    ElishaVillegas elishaelisha@ricapa.topgun.fit 45.3.51.218
    maebaron65 maebaron65@feedback.51tiemo.com 104.22.20.179
    louellaochs louellaochs@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.80.140.46
    porfiriominter555 porfiriominter555@getcode1.com 162.158.167.35
    202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 202:020:38:370:35:465:1:051 120.40.130.70
    broderick.dimond60 broderick.dimond60@181d.scalesurge.io 172.71.158.68
    203:4000:32:25:485:8:3:769 203:4000:32:25:485:8:3:769 120.40.130.70
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JackieXnz643651 juliennedakota@solstris.com 102.165.55.195
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    starstar100 starstar100@tadaya.socialmail.sbs 216.26.238.159
    KentonTdt5 kentongrishin@d26d.nofl.xyz 66.212.19.16
    RachelleCoulter rachelle-coulter@1b62.cycz.xyz 154.30.239.212
    kelleystopford2892 kelleystopford2892@mailmenot.io 23.105.159.22
    denisewoodley denisewoodley@ce39.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.178
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:30:600:99:71:635:9 2001:100:30:600:99:71:635:9 120.40.130.70
    j.o.e.lee.1.9701.1 j.o.e.lee.1.9701.1@gmail.com 89.105.199.162
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ala.n95.t.h.orty. ala.n95.t.h.orty.@gmail.com 84.239.43.28