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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 - 31 May 2026 11:12 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,560
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 172.69.134.85
    mikeschilling4335 mikeschilling4335@vilocom.vn 45.43.83.107
    IssacBoshears60 issacboshears81@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.101
    LandexpzInvix bryanshannon30@yahoo.com 88.218.46.215
    JamesErarp kkarrer66@gmail.com 185.94.32.242
    AundreaCooch79 leonreva@solstris.com 181.215.16.247
    jorja-carmona jorja-carmona@support.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    bonnybudd bonnybudd@tellix.xyz 120.40.130.70
    RoseZup1418607 rosehidalgo57@act.milkgg.com 144.48.52.206
    JoelKitamura7 joelkitamura18@trick.veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    202:1808:41:83:4405:24:5924:19 202:1808:41:83:4405:24:5924:19 120.40.130.70
    WinstonMendenhal winstonmendenhall78@toy.pettin.com 23.95.204.251
    esibe.fe.r.uw.591 esibe.fe.r.uw.591@gmail.com 162.158.167.133
    KeishaA3245 keisha.keisha22@latisi.mail202.info 216.40.72.211
    Austin0360 austinbarcenas66@slide.veauly.com 191.101.92.164
    anthonywilson1819y3a2 anthonywilson1819y3a2@a.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.98.39
    202:020:546:24:532:565:351:897 202:020:546:24:532:565:351:897 120.40.130.70
    clydedenning4672 clydedenning4672@anonmails.de 140.99.197.246
    berniethurgood berniethurgood@fbviamail.com 148.135.179.5
    aishastewart60544 aishastewart60544@c.seoautomationpro.com 23.229.116.76
    takeshikennedy93227 takeshikennedy93227@b.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.102.40
    202:1808:11:26:283:5973:873:997 202:1808:11:26:283:5973:873:997 120.40.130.70
    hans.bettington hans.bettington@51tiemo.com 172.69.134.84
    MarcellaFinch82 themit888@mail.ru 41.220.17.62
    QuinnPrins47 quinnprins36@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.83
    EarlArkwookerum themit888@mail.ru 20.83.154.79
    rudywysocki7177 rudywysocki7177@hidemyass.fun 172.69.23.193
    derrickarmenta7740 derrickarmenta7740@now.mefound.com 104.22.20.142
    cl.inicf.o.rhim.5 cl.inicf.o.rhim.5@gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    jdanovantonin92 jdanovantonin92@mail.ru 162.158.167.133
    hhfronqi hhfronqi@bethcampbell.biz 170.246.55.172
    eddy-swift73 eddy-swift73@opentravellersrest.click 172.71.158.68
    ChrisAshbolt chrisashbolt83@pound.milkgg.com 181.215.16.219
    hellow teganahautuhaamiri@gmail.com 64.140.144.67
    WadeDelany38685 wadedelany15@pound.milkgg.com 196.196.254.131
    TeenaColson7 s.chl.uter.o.br.az.ts.ovxr.198.1.7@gmail.com 139.180.231.86
    202:1810:1401:00:310:4048:630:85 202:1810:1401:00:310:4048:630:85 120.40.130.70
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    gretchen.bullen4594 gretchen.bullen4594@bob163.iacomputer.xyz 162.158.167.134
    ada-ada ada-ada@ducahi.pretoria.pro 172.71.158.69
    juliejulie69 juliejulie69@hirudu.orville.pro 172.71.154.179
    202:1810:83:400:6:37:242:726 202:1810:83:400:6:37:242:726 120.40.130.70
    jefferyhanton jefferyhanton@makoli.store 172.69.23.193
    ErnestCurry9 ernestcurry86@keep.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.114
    clarabelle clarabelle@d.astroaxis.site 94.176.3.223
    AlexisBuffington kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.92.175
    Sofiane.bensaid14 Sofiane.bensaid14@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    jaydensleep jaydensleep@shopcobe.com 172.71.158.68
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FlorenciaKilloug florenciakillough43@self.ehomu.com 191.101.92.175
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mmph3 mmph3@blogwebsite.top 172.69.134.85
    nodo nodopachulia@gamil.com 185.70.52.252
    DesireeO25 desiree-boan3@cc.openbillieholiday.click 142.147.107.137
    ruth-sherriff ruth-sherriff@cryptoboss-mirror.buzz 172.71.158.69
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    ctfagaifal ctfagaifal@rambler.ru 79.127.175.89
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    doublep doublep@globetrotter.net 2001:56:7:500:296:989:943:955
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    robertduchamps2 robertduchamps2@tutamail.com 120.40.130.70
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    DangThong dangthong1986@thedanh.onmicrosoft.com 2001:0:5323:490:41:773:04:286
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