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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 Sep 2026 4:36 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,216
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    traherne1971 traherne1971@belettersmail.com 120.40.130.70
    hiwcffqmzpn hiwcffqmzpn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    nicholas-nicholas nicholas-nicholas@kazupu.polka.fit 172.71.154.168
    zgwzymspysa zgwzymspysa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    irafacy irafacy@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.71.159.81
    swagfox50 swagfox50@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    veriflapakjoki3 veriflapakjoki3@konstruksituntas.com 162.158.167.143
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AlmaLeddy6 alma.leddy@181d.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.23
    MattBreaux52418 carinanestor@veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    mayraabe mayraabe@anonmails.de 196.16.2.142
    VirgilLyall0 carinanestor@veauly.com 154.16.69.76
    8182 8182@farironalds.com 45.74.3.79
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zandraselfe zandraselfe@freundin.ru 172.71.159.81
    Vania64X7641133 vania.beavis71@087b.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.104
    ChristianMeares soonzita@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    VeronicaRohde marianakieran@veauly.com 181.215.16.247
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    opjsuukwfsa opjsuukwfsa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    JeanettCobb80 roxanasmithies915@anonmails.de 45.134.253.147
    ShondaQuinlan93 bennettlarson@anonmails.de 104.28.212.124
    aleksandryanu2000 aleksandryanu2000@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    refugioaugust6039 refugioaugust6039@spambog.com 172.69.135.13
    DeniceShelley1 tuckerweaver@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.178
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BraydenBehan518 brayden.behan32@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.129
    Cowq29 Cowq29@dormirbajoestrellas.top 144.31.52.136
    msbfdsdhbsa msbfdsdhbsa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    shirleen.augustine90 shirleen.augustine90@enquiry.usewisetransfer.click 162.158.167.143
    caiyu 10887010@qq.com 23.149.196.252
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    irwinbonython763 irwinbonython763@anonmails.de 23.229.41.226
    leonie.morell-6698 leonie.morell-6698@growwithgoals.online 172.71.154.168
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    StephaineKiley2 ryanzella@veauly.com 102.165.54.4
    dzffgwubwsa dzffgwubwsa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gwdvmyylkpn gwdvmyylkpn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    HarveyWales harvey-wales39@087b.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.103
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EmmettMonckton1 emmett-monckton58@087b.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.174
    olivertanaka358754nbp olivertanaka358754nbp@a.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.154.169
    LilaMcKinley248 lila.mckinley57@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.91
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:61:1000:83:32:414:19 202:3100:61:1000:83:32:414:19 120.40.130.70
    2132899 2132899@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    unreydeescasosrecursos unreydeescasosrecursos@gmail.com 2800:40:50:20:401:343:767:65
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    wendimagnus wendimagnus@discard.email 104.22.20.57
    DelStarks2946 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    RafaelBurkhart ryanzella@veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    sibelcosprucepinefoundation sibelcosprucepinefoundation@sibelco.com 120.40.130.70
    CasimiraMead casimiramead12@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.86
    DaniloBrice6971 danilobrice21@9253.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.27
    pingsuzuki77919doji pingsuzuki77919doji@seoautomationpro.com 104.22.20.56
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GracieLiversidge gracie.liversidge@9253.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.133
    bunrybzqrpn bunrybzqrpn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    andrea.schmidtschwonbeck andrea.schmidtschwonbeck@inros-lackner.de 120.40.130.70
    stanford stanford@b.stopstress.shop 104.22.17.78
    maohaibi maohaibi@analismail.com 64.31.3.126
    WinnieCrabtree1 ashlisheri@veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KazukoGirdleston kazuko-girdlestone@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.7
    Randycip 1@mail.ru 37.214.209.206
    zfbulymjxsa zfbulymjxsa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    Premiumhkr cmitch4730@verizon.net 179.43.171.234