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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 Jan 2026 6:19 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,537
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    brianrobinson1978 brianrobinson1978@acetylcholgh.ru 185.155.97.205
    SuzannePitman klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.244.48.72
    gtergdmy gtergdmy@streetwormail.com 85.203.36.85
    jillbrace jillbrace@cryptoboss-slt.top 172.69.23.192
    serj-luzan98 serj-luzan98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2050420585 2050420585@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    pavel.apalihin90 pavel.apalihin90@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    mmi1408 mmi1408@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    egorbistrov.10.04.2006 egorbistrov.10.04.2006@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    annet2033 annet2033@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    margaretloyau17 margaretloyau17@panel.cdfaq.com 162.158.167.44
    LashayNisbet42 yangmurphy91345@d.seoautomationpro.com 103.16.215.203
    LorenBurke elizabethanderson5401dw2u@a.verifiedlinklist.com 130.254.112.53
    nyutak09 nyutak09@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    CharissaSorensen charissa-sorensen48@e893.oviscore.com 194.104.11.11
    efanova.alen efanova.alen@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    DIGMarla649337 jessmyles@solstris.com 191.101.109.50
    luigi-foy luigi-foy@playfortuna-betfield.buzz 104.22.17.127
    ChristinaOLeary kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.242.178.197
    helen245 helen245@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    QFSDamian52345 damiandevis36@oti.crossandgarlic.com 160.250.222.20
    sinnerskl sinnerskl@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    staso610 staso610@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    va123ovchinnikov va123ovchinnikov@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    rosariollewellyn rosariollewellyn@1mail.x24hr.com 160.250.183.167
    ekaterina.taraskevich ekaterina.taraskevich@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    nissan405 nissan405@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    info301 info301@usileniessylok.store 46.8.16.120
    zoiladavid zoiladavid@makekaos.com 104.22.20.179
    gtergdmy gtergdmy@streetwormail.com 85.203.36.54
    info426 info426@usileniessylok.store 172.69.134.211
    temekaweinman37 temekaweinman37@cow.pettin.com 162.158.167.43
    krukova.a91 krukova.a91@intelsib.ru 120.40.130.70
    QVOSusan71 susannunley99@last.muzaco.com 191.96.252.48
    gupalovaalyona gupalovaalyona@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    stormyharlow stormyharlow@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.191
    jul34minkinaa jul34minkinaa@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    mitchmitch mitchmitch@bepiwu.water.tattoo 31.134.1.21
    Genia8468409714 geniapollak32@seat.muzaco.com 181.215.16.25
    LeanneWhitehouse leanne-whitehouse31@themanlythings.com 168.91.45.227
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:44:77:5830:352:492:72 202:1808:44:77:5830:352:492:72 120.40.130.70
    viiv.hivpreventionfund viiv.hivpreventionfund@viivhealthcare.com 120.40.130.70
    serj-luzan98 serj-luzan98@mail.ru 172.71.154.179
    zeldaburk68 zeldaburk68@tusu.blyxen.org 172.69.134.210
    stas21021990 stas21021990@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    ColumbusZ54 paulwilliams5662syl9@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 103.189.203.105
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 104.22.20.179
    EvaBiggs09 jessicathomas7000cgym@welcometotijuana.com 173.234.59.183
    AlisaBohannon thomasbrown9190nmnv@c.welcometotijuana.com 151.245.177.27
    svpo82 svpo82@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    gerasimov.leonid485 gerasimov.leonid485@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    moontara moontara@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    headway333 headway333@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    laura.marcinkowska1811 laura.marcinkowska1811@wp.pl 31.41.139.129
    CelsaHaynie368 carmenrossi19105@seoautomationpro.com 196.51.236.151
    MalindaBattles1 malinda.battles46@themanlythings.com 168.91.45.228
    patriciathomas73507vny patriciathomas73507vny@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.126
    nurik45 nurik45@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    grigory.k grigory.k@rizz.market 93.183.94.245
    christelburden17 christelburden17@broad.ehomu.com 104.22.17.127
    e.hreskina e.hreskina@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.org 120.40.130.70
    MaxwellLamaro5 davidgonzalez4609j999@a.verifiedlinklist.com 38.154.42.93
    j j@example.org 120.40.130.70
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jane jane@example.org 120.40.130.70
    202:473:859:0:9593:2887:495:4 202:473:859:0:9593:2887:495:4 120.40.130.70
    lh lh@example.org 120.40.130.70