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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 Dec 2025 3:21 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,350
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    BuddyTauchert0 gregdunkley@b.cr.cloudns.asia 94.121.165.146
    e-business e-business@ubp.ch 120.40.130.70
    fb-rom fb-rom@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    romanovdima0204 romanovdima0204@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    ZSKGrace0473 michaelperry1926@salpingomyu.ru 64.31.20.24
    epifanovfmasha epifanovfmasha@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    nataliabezel nataliabezel@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    panayotis.pournaras panayotis.pournaras@ubp.ch 120.40.130.70
    thaoferraro7104 thaoferraro7104@asia.dnsabr.com 217.218.153.48
    christopher.martin christopher.martin@ubp.ch 120.40.130.70
    lasonyasatterwhite lasonyasatterwhite@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    fattyachov fattyachov@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    stanis67 stanis67@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:3:254:6304:6:850 2001:0:42:3:254:6304:6:850 120.40.130.70
    Antoinette6454 wgeronghmr72@nestmailbox.com 72.57.101.30
    2001:0:4501:67:42:73:962:34 2001:0:4501:67:42:73:962:34 120.40.130.70
    2003:9:72:700:4017:76:5322:261 2003:9:72:700:4017:76:5322:261 120.40.130.70
    KerryI552850 wmusynipsyncm2r72@nestmailbox.com 72.57.101.30
    alvin alvin@f.skywardhub.online 172.69.23.69
    19a.sdd4u.5w.e.7r9jf1.4.u.2nsj.1f1.b.b.sj4f1.4. 19a.sdd4u.5w.e.7r9jf1.4.u.2nsj.1f1.b.b.sj4f1.4.@pr 2.59.50.141
    eugenefateugenefat eugenefateugenefat@mail.ru 158.255.209.250
    ColbyWilhoite81 wbookstall7jr72@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.106
    2001:0:41:647:697:667:5:5113 2001:0:41:647:697:667:5:5113 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:461:21:41:6542::272 2001:0:461:21:41:6542::272 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:474:3937:067:69:5:30 2001:0:474:3937:067:69:5:30 120.40.130.70
    TamieBenitez2 tamie-benitez-9567@fpstipscentral.xyz 209.127.28.210
    junekohlmeier junekohlmeier@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.39.237
    9191423931 9191423931@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2804:14:54:49:2:2:86:2 2804:14:54:49:2:2:86:2 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:436:5084:30:16:94:116 2001:0:436:5084:30:16:94:116 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5281:3922:248:38:129:530 2001:0:5281:3922:248:38:129:530 120.40.130.70
    mmsfrcvj mmsfrcvj@tacoblastmail.com 172.71.159.137
    ayazici ayazici@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:431:8:527:713:973:9 2001:0:431:8:527:713:973:9 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:472:96:14:493:859:8 2001:0:472:96:14:493:859:8 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23tat xrumer23tat@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    scanko scanko@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:471:288:44:7705:49:773 2001:0:471:288:44:7705:49:773 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:437:35:6838:450:75:568 2001:0:437:35:6838:450:75:568 120.40.130.70
    eataker eataker@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4042:556:0:4812:7903:002 2001:0:4042:556:0:4812:7903:002 120.40.130.70
    JameyZcq299641 jameyhosking45@among.ehomu.com 191.101.109.107
    mdf44 mdf44@webtoteam.shop 104.22.20.195
    forest.vasiljev forest.vasiljev@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2603:6011:907:1:290:047:4:7362 2603:6011:907:1:290:047:4:7362 120.40.130.70
    DanaCasanova5 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 102.165.54.2
    stephanieserebryanikov78818 stephanieserebryanikov78818@sei-moment.store 172.71.159.137
    ilih09 ilih09@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    vas-135 vas-135@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2804:14:486:8194:10:104:728:3025 2804:14:486:8194:10:104:728:3025 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5480:313:31:48:491:736 2001:0:5480:313:31:48:491:736 120.40.130.70
    eataker eataker@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    hasil hasil@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:511:8720:143:9:286: 2001:0:511:8720:143:9:286: 120.40.130.70
    troyiletisim troyiletisim@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ShaunaLyne20 doreen@c.dontstress.online 196.51.5.178
    u.w.e.r.hd.n.s.j.f14.7 u.w.e.r.hd.n.s.j.f14.7@gmail.com 109.248.166.242
    2001:0:5582:41:89:579:14:5 2001:0:5582:41:89:579:14:5 120.40.130.70
    scanko scanko@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ayazici ayazici@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    LourdesJiron47 lourdesjiron99@cold.muzaco.com 196.244.48.42
    2001:1:31:43:484:469:85:4 2001:1:31:43:484:469:85:4 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:412:443:20:92:868:305 2001:0:412:443:20:92:868:305 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4301:07:47:6:84:9 2001:0:4301:07:47:6:84:9 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:425:2:5895:1289:416:742 2001:0:425:2:5895:1289:416:742 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:9412:558:86:40:892 2001:0:43:9412:558:86:40:892 120.40.130.70
    elena.ozhiganova.712 elena.ozhiganova.712@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:471:346:851:71:87:884 2001:0:471:346:851:71:87:884 120.40.130.70
    2408:876:1740:152:30:: 2408:876:1740:152:30:: 120.40.130.70
    larisa987 larisa987@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70