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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 May 2026 5:18 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,187
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Siennaodfrey chronic.loon.clcv@hidingmail.net 159.26.118.13
    ThorstenArmstron thorstenarmstrong72@stuff.mxdood.com 196.196.254.131
    2601:18:08:50:46:30:872:981 2601:18:08:50:46:30:872:981 120.40.130.70
    SophieDevore39 sophiedevore32@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.4
    myrtleleila myrtleleila@solstris.com 162.158.167.86
    brayden.strock.8318 brayden.strock.8318@funnyaussiesigns.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9405:2200:914:821::228 202:1810:9405:2200:914:821::228 120.40.130.70
    OUHJeanna2293493 jeannaewen84@toy.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    LNRAnthony anthonymannix10@act.milkgg.com 102.165.54.52
    DarwinWagoner8 darwinwagoner29@fiber.pettin.com 196.196.254.218
    202:470:4943:0:85:58:109:81 202:470:4943:0:85:58:109:81 120.40.130.70
    PasqualeSinger6 pasqualesinger3@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.58
    matthewgonzalez7677v1dr matthewgonzalez7677v1dr@travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:95:969:68:8559 202:8108:8125:100:95:969:68:8559 120.40.130.70
    TarahHansell17 matthewgonzalez98350wdu@b.gsasearchengineranker.co 192.198.107.229
    matthewgonzalez7677v1dr matthewgonzalez7677v1dr@travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    Alejandroe razo89002@gmail.com 187.241.33.122
    202:03:870:1500:62:56:69:78 202:03:870:1500:62:56:69:78 120.40.130.70
    DanelleGrimstone danellegrimstone16@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    202:03:870:1500:62:56:69:78 202:03:870:1500:62:56:69:78 120.40.130.70
    noemi-oxenham-1067 noemi-oxenham-1067@emailcenter.store 50.3.159.195
    candace-getz candace-getz@masteremailsite.shop 192.40.95.216
    206:5900:4147:900:57::78:507 206:5900:4147:900:57::78:507 120.40.130.70
    akindinkudryashov6842 akindinkudryashov6842@mail.ru 172.69.23.144
    gretchenpollock6182 gretchenpollock6182@cheapwinner.com 120.40.130.70
    BennettMcKillop bennettmckillop30@dear.mxdood.com 181.215.16.216
    mor.i.du.fu.n.53 mor.i.du.fu.n.53@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    sadye.byles99 sadye.byles99@heartvistanow.com 172.71.154.242
    RMNMarti71 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.196.254.36
    DorethaHarr8880 dorethaharr95@slide.veauly.com 144.48.52.254
    aaaaaa aaaaaa@1.tmp 120.40.130.70
    Madelaine53H madelainereichstein2@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.218
    Magda47Z9127 magdagarris90@pound.milkgg.com 144.48.52.206
    YongBorthwick30 yong-borthwick@websolutionsgenius.com 45.3.38.105
    garryscullin garryscullin@t.woeishyang.com 172.71.159.100
    MarleneKeefer79 tedtia@solstris.com 102.165.55.164
    ACSWilda0726 jessmyles@solstris.com 144.48.52.206
    2001:100:80:8000:456:79:9:125 2001:100:80:8000:456:79:9:125 120.40.130.70
    berenice-desimone6568 berenice-desimone6568@rahmad40.ccrokc.xyz 172.69.23.143
    AkiboxaInvix8 lindaleeoneil3@gmail.com 167.253.49.172
    2001:100:80:8000:456:79:9:125 2001:100:80:8000:456:79:9:125 120.40.130.70
    AllenPaf kqvtcdgz@fringmail.com 185.255.126.72
    202:810:128:5300:5:565:830:269 202:810:128:5300:5:565:830:269 120.40.130.70
    dario.wakehurst-751 dario.wakehurst-751@orest-firmanyuk.com.ua 45.12.25.249
    aaron bryantaaron617@gmail.com 2601:42:4200:3930:65:81:836:536
    JerekioxInvix9 bkatzive@arklight.com 64.49.37.185
    pedro-murrell.5550 pedro-murrell.5550@emailhost.space 50.3.159.234
    KathiX87602 kathimead32@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    dzsrngre dzsrngre@tacoblastmail.com 104.22.17.136
    202:3100:6571:200:87:890:7:5 202:3100:6571:200:87:890:7:5 120.40.130.70
    addieboldt34 addieboldt34@brick.pettin.com 162.158.167.86
    hildegarde.burnes89 hildegarde.burnes89@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.169
    ezbesida ezbesida@duhastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KevinDer pawubale892@gmail.com 104.23.166.47
    SabineSchirmeist sabineschirmeister53@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.58
    stanskeens58 stanskeens58@.mxdood.com 104.22.20.234
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    dimanoyopa dimanoyopa@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    mo.rid.u.fun.5.3 mo.rid.u.fun.5.3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    401 401@solatog.online 172.69.23.70
    AlberthaCody03 alberthacody71@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.117
    KatrinDzk45995 jessmyles@solstris.com 144.48.52.102
    BarbaraBvr barbaratorrez48@dear.mxdood.com 154.16.69.76
    qqjnkodql qqjnkodql@canadianphx.online 82.206.73.152
    LashawndaSelph5 lashawnda.selph43@beachboys.click 147.53.116.53
    Felicia6968 sdcard53@mail.blogwebsite.top 195.140.176.13
    UOLCasimira casimira-casimira38@gowewi.carmail.bond 212.18.113.201
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 172.71.159.62
    calvin.harden18 calvin.harden18@heartvistanow.com 172.69.23.70
    akindinkudryashov6842 akindinkudryashov6842@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Kristenclaire Auroramadison08@gmail.com 45.92.229.141
    angleapratten angleapratten@wordspacemail.com 104.22.17.137