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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 - 19 Apr 2026 5:50 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,873
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    maximilianhammel maximilianhammel@shopeeboost.com 104.22.17.126
    managerts managerts@roigra.fun 162.158.167.133
    afecusug afecusug@korarlocalbrand.com 158.69.118.189
    joanneltham3458 joanneltham3458@ohgitu.me 172.69.134.82
    ovaraerox ovaraerox@kartenmansd.com 158.69.119.14
    2601:12:003:600:2:149:931:742 2601:12:003:600:2:149:931:742 120.40.130.70
    chris10purple chrishooper10@proton.me 2600:4040:400:700::929:516:33
    ThaoCrews301219 josephineferris@mailmenot.io 109.248.55.91
    robertlopez2478uksu robertlopez2478uksu@f.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.158.68
    odaymashriqi odaymashriqi@gamil.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:31:400:52:2327:881:76 202:1810:31:400:52:2327:881:76 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:31:400:91:894:2:44 202:1810:31:400:91:894:2:44 120.40.130.70
    2605:580:1400:409:868:1328:258:30 2605:580:1400:409:868:1328:258:30 120.40.130.70
    bonddrenhatchfor1988 bonddrenhatchfor1988@mailopenz.com 172.69.134.83
    Jefferson51D jefferson-stroud100@chopz.top 31.98.21.110
    TresaNave44062 tresa.nave@papodejornal.top 31.98.22.166
    AnnetteKaminski annette-kaminski61@jornaldoestado.top 92.112.1.172
    josephhernandez6211d2tg josephhernandez6211d2tg@a.gsasearchengineranker.co 104.22.17.127
    ruben.queale ruben.queale@feedback.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    VaniaGuy430 vaniaguy29@vipitv.com 183.197.56.31
    karenanderson939ecvv karenanderson939ecvv@b.resorts-in-asia.com 66.212.27.112
    paulstevens888 paulstevens888@proton.me 202:267:68:376:0:800:0:
    aubreybrookman aubreybrookman@anonmails.de 172.71.158.69
    sarahmoore3115lpk sarahmoore3115lpk@bestvpsfor.xyz 104.223.105.208
    filomenamunro4504 filomenamunro4504@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.193
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 202:267:48:5600:0:3000:0:17
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 209:3:171:12::312:89
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 209.29.168.80
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 209:2:111:1541::21:9
    agumaveob agumaveob@ffkelmmail.com 158.69.118.188
    lrnu lrnu@goshop1888.shop 1.169.72.142
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:3035:4:1676:1:7614:390:142 202:3035:4:1676:1:7614:390:142 120.40.130.70
    nbob nbob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ivoenum ivoenum@kartenmansd.com 158.69.119.14
    2603:6000:800:919:2125:465:679:17 2603:6000:800:919:2125:465:679:17 120.40.130.70
    sdkurt sdkurt@licard.ru 120.40.130.70
    avalafoor avalafoor@ffkelmmail.com 158.69.118.188
    c.lin.i.cfo.rhi.m2.020 c.lin.i.cfo.rhi.m2.020@gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    MadonnaCoverdale gsa037@pereskazfilma.site 37.212.50.85
    orenlack3 oren-lack16@fastcut.top 46.203.153.123
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    VenettaMadera venettamadera52@panel.cdfaq.com 45.125.245.178
    cortneysadler2307 cortneysadler2307@articl.biz 172.71.158.69
    MeredithPrieur aldacorin8145@anonmails.de 5.196.78.175
    KathyWillingham linnie@b.drown.institute 3.141.235.213
    HomerRiggins30 janbeatriz@solstris.com 181.215.16.247
    joanhuxley7502 joanhuxley7502@pw.epac.to 162.158.167.133
    pd3.nsado pd3.nsado@aleeas.com 92.40.219.169
    jasonlau jasonlau@articl.biz 197.200.123.63
    tempcheckpama1986 tempcheckpama1986@mailopenz.com 104.22.17.126
    aureliadovey aureliadovey@7473.thomasin.online 104.22.17.127
    lottiewrigley.7853 lottiewrigley.7853@articl.biz 197.200.123.63
    2605:580:1400:75:179:1993:26:82 2605:580:1400:75:179:1993:26:82 120.40.130.70
    gpifcaow gpifcaow@fuhrenmail.com 104.22.17.127
    GeraldineJackson geraldinejackson79@lower.ehomu.com 196.196.254.36
    viikky1 viikky1@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    richcharbonneau5106 richcharbonneau5106@freundin.ru 172.71.154.179
    hermelindaballow94 hermelindaballow94@emailgsa6.xyz 172.69.134.83
    michele.elisabeth.moro michele.elisabeth.moro@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    deandre.stoneman deandre.stoneman@chopz.top 172.69.23.193
    alphonso-bedford3500 alphonso-bedford3500@hypezone.top 172.69.23.194
    spencer.mccathie spencer.mccathie@ffrci.com 172.71.154.178
    21geretyhuji 21geretyhuji@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    angeldarkz angeldarkz@126.com 216.26.243.43
    h.o.k.i.nase.a.ni.k.a h.o.k.i.nase.a.ni.k.a@gmail.com 65.111.8.139
    ElisabethA68 rpop-test89@pocebo.ga 157.22.100.58
    AleidaCady3969 thomasjackson2429n4s@budgetthailandtravel.com 152.89.128.224