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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 - 27 Jun 2026 3:50 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,136
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    d.a.vid.l.in.e.sman. d.a.vid.l.in.e.sman.@gmail.com 216.24.212.223
    LyleClowers49 jenniferdavis7536bt9c@swartluxury258.com 104.223.126.32
    204:441:1803:5212::421:212 204:441:1803:5212::421:212 120.40.130.70
    ChongSingletary williammartin9806j1eu@gsasearchengineranker.suppor 173.211.30.114
    LemuelMcGuire82 lemuelmcguire49@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    KandiceCannon37 sarahdavis6911keoe@verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.100.68
    HalleyMattingley bereniceglaspie8843@0815.ru 72.205.91.67
    darnell.somerset darnell.somerset@support.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    fredric.stone23 fredric.stone23@9e5d.getir.space 104.22.17.127
    HalleyMattingley bereniceglaspie8843@0815.ru 76.32.102.87
    HalleyMattingley bereniceglaspie8843@0815.ru 24.6.111.97
    202:1808:3:3:1:60:3782:71 202:1808:3:3:1:60:3782:71 120.40.130.70
    EleanoreBazley8 alisiahines6284@1mail.x24hr.com 47.147.0.41
    EleanoreBazley8 alisiahines6284@1mail.x24hr.com 141.239.172.242
    elane-spurlock elane-spurlock@6d43.getir.space 104.22.20.143
    EleanoreBazley8 alisiahines6284@1mail.x24hr.com 50.35.159.173
    MalorieXef russeldorsey@nanatha.academy 154.208.61.194
    2003:9:83:700:79:652:506:4 2003:9:83:700:79:652:506:4 120.40.130.70
    202:267:980:440:0:2000:0: 202:267:980:440:0:2000:0: 120.40.130.70
    202:267:08:415:0:000:0:1 202:267:08:415:0:000:0:1 120.40.130.70
    sergeyleshenko07081986 sergeyleshenko07081986@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    AleishaClemente jessmyles@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    CleoCade94 cleocade88@trick.veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    juliannedonovan1766 juliannedonovan1766@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.143
    marymartin5828858w marymartin5828858w@verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.135.14
    2600:8807:293:700:873:61:85:84 2600:8807:293:700:873:61:85:84 120.40.130.70
    IrwinPalmer493 andrewmoore70422lkt@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.223.126.147
    LauriMcpherson laurimcpherson88@put.pettin.com 191.101.92.218
    jztnxlwz jztnxlwz@legenmail.com 185.255.126.42
    RomeoJkf83 romeo.romeo@wubeco.kosmos.mom 31.134.6.229
    Adrin adrian0503@msn.com 89.141.186.12
    VerlaStern556 jackferrari926540ks2@a.seoautomationpro.com 66.93.166.161
    jojkova jojkova@volny.cz (empty)
    johnthomas6032ahsq johnthomas6032ahsq@c.gsavps.xyz 192.186.148.254
    clevelandwren7398 clevelandwren7398@sekotong.store 172.69.22.86
    donalddavis0p22v donalddavis0p22v@c.gsavps.xyz 38.154.83.1
    GrantSecrest michaelthomas6623oy0t@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 41.76.209.240
    b.uta.zaj.ij.aq.2.36 b.uta.zaj.ij.aq.2.36@gmail.com (empty)
    AlysaCantero66 johnmartin69883939@gsasearchengineranker.shop 192.126.206.68
    paulbrown21871xpr paulbrown21871xpr@gsasearchengineranker.guru 167.160.165.73
    ArcherHrh7730619 donaldanderson62482kzd@backlinks.monster 192.126.249.139
    RamonBryson26 ramonbryson38@act.milkgg.com 144.48.52.117
    AllisonSammons charlinemccrory@dvd.dns-cloud.net 108.51.230.219
    84303080774618 sierraryabcov116740@privbibl.ru 46.8.106.184
    4469563838034 ronaldpobedonoscev20320@pamyatnic.su 45.90.196.159
    RandellSprent93 isidrakirsch@jasonpost.site 174.82.108.240
    AllisonSammons charlinemccrory@dvd.dns-cloud.net 72.56.50.122
    johnlopez23657am2 johnlopez23657am2@gsasearchengineranker.guru 31.58.22.12
    RandellSprent93 isidrakirsch@jasonpost.site 47.231.144.164
    AllisonSammons charlinemccrory@dvd.dns-cloud.net 35.146.220.141
    AllisonSammons charlinemccrory@dvd.dns-cloud.net 24.192.83.49
    DemiToups8 demidemi27@febahe.smush.space 192.101.67.127
    RandellSprent93 isidrakirsch@jasonpost.site 172.58.242.246
    RandellSprent93 isidrakirsch@jasonpost.site 71.204.206.62
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    AllenPollak17 allenallen35@jufavi.macro.cfd 91.247.163.180
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    IrvinDry8511562 irvindry52@.mxdood.com 144.48.52.235
    KarlLindley6 karllindley55@last.muzaco.com 144.48.52.169
    HeikeMurr2963 heikemurr16@slow.pettin.com 102.165.55.238
    grazynamarch60 grazynamarch60@stuff.mxdood.com 104.22.17.127
    l.u.s.a.n.dy1.990.0.7.07 l.u.s.a.n.dy1.990.0.7.07@gmail.com 172.71.154.178
    ahmadvilla ahmadvilla@termgame.net 162.158.167.122
    tiarapke24 tiarapke24@korvit.zerivo.eu 104.22.17.127
    matthotchin matthotchin@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.159.82
    202:8108:8125:100:995:91:010:385 202:8108:8125:100:995:91:010:385 120.40.130.70
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    EvieZink8053632 conoral-omar3572@d.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.127.55
    KathaleenMcClean kathaleenmcclean80@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.54.52
    MJBJoy823775191 georgettamathieu@hotbird.giize.com 66.63.160.142
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    wbe wbe@email.secureserver.net 120.40.130.70
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