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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 - 4 Aug 2026 1:48 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,678
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    shahanur.rahman2099+Ec shahanur.rahman2099+Ec@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    hesham heshamfadl963@gmail.com 9.246.38.21
    or.umah.er.1.7.3 or.umah.er.1.7.3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    FaustoGill hkfqwmlaic@rambler.ru 109.106.137.5
    arnold arnold@blockchain-development-company.baby 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2003:8:2708:600:206:06:841:466 2003:8:2708:600:206:06:841:466 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TZYRashad85 rashadsankt54@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    p50at45yef.alaaaaafolieee.decriff p50at45yef.alaaaaafolieee.decriff@br.com 120.40.130.70
    li.n.k.s8.9m.a.st. li.n.k.s8.9m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    im.pe.ri.alt.r.ee1 im.pe.ri.alt.r.ee1@gmail.com 185.243.218.233
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mill-test-user mill-test-user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:41:400:6793:997:32:455 202:1810:41:400:6793:997:32:455 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Josephturne lin.k.s.8.9m.ast@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    202:598:64:800::302:38 202:598:64:800::302:38 120.40.130.70
    BretHernsheim2 brethernsheim96@stuff.mxdood.com 23.95.204.251
    202:1810:41:400:6793:997:32:455 202:1810:41:400:6793:997:32:455 120.40.130.70
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    202:1810:2:2600:18:07:5:3 202:1810:2:2600:18:07:5:3 120.40.130.70
    daugavas daugavas@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9682:00:368:581:96:7 202:1810:9682:00:368:581:96:7 120.40.130.70
    Maisie2369 maisiedrennan89@pound.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    EricaGray715 ericagray@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.254
    202:020:54:8480:501:1515:36:65 202:020:54:8480:501:1515:36:65 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100::939:58:60 202:8108:8125:100::939:58:60 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:2:2800:687:31:334:58 202:1810:2:2800:687:31:334:58 120.40.130.70
    MalindaAsche68 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.198.13.205
    MabelBarksdale6 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 181.215.16.161
    FeliciaBeor1435 feliciabeor14@toy.pettin.com 102.165.53.200
    u.v.u.vun.ay.o.z.0.0 u.v.u.vun.ay.o.z.0.0@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2003::673:200:121:819:50:3 2003::673:200:121:819:50:3 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:715:800:875:9275:88:710 2001:100:715:800:875:9275:88:710 120.40.130.70
    auto auto@klops.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:715:800:875:9275:88:710 2001:100:715:800:875:9275:88:710 120.40.130.70
    Brett22L880 weinsleita4zr92@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.126
    HollieGregg754 holliegregg71@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    AngelSoc78338195 angelarek81@deny.milkgg.com 154.16.69.76
    2001:410:401:3000::2918 2001:410:401:3000::2918 120.40.130.70
    202:03:89:201:65:40:40:8200 202:03:89:201:65:40:40:8200 120.40.130.70
    Nichol87J038 myrtleleila@solstris.com 154.16.69.81
    KelliMain6109 kellimain11@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.53.200
    LawrenceEnriquez lawrenceenriquez28@seat.muzaco.com 102.165.53.105
    202:1810:42:00:91:15:65:4667 202:1810:42:00:91:15:65:4667 120.40.130.70
    CerysAlbright7 cerys.albright2776@rutor8.forum 104.207.57.43
    a.ar.o.n.mv.hardy a.ar.o.n.mv.hardy@gmail.com 185.220.101.190
    SamaraWej7530486 samaramincey80@talk.muzaco.com 102.165.54.226
    JustineSleath justinesleath-7290@growwithgoals.online 154.73.250.120
    irving-irving irving-irving@wafaxo.supermail.space 45.136.25.34
    newbloghi121 newbloghi121@blogranks.top 2.57.23.113
    202:1810:422:7300:511:4:20:5 202:1810:422:7300:511:4:20:5 120.40.130.70
    8989835 8989835@mail.ru 46.39.51.60
    2001:410:601:1100::496 2001:410:601:1100::496 120.40.130.70
    GertrudeWalstab gertrudewalstab52@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    Odell71400853 hwalucio@solstris.com 181.215.16.238
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ReyesIreland3 reyes-ireland@erpin.org 183.197.56.235
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    LaurencePesina laurencepesina9@brick.pettin.com 177.234.143.121
    repository repository@ach.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    2603:6084:90:00:436:8:97:595 2603:6084:90:00:436:8:97:595 120.40.130.70
    ad.mi.n. ad.mi.n.@krab6.id 104.207.48.78
    MarianoG88 genesisrays@anonmails.de 46.8.157.137
    m.ichaelr.y.an6356 m.ichaelr.y.an6356@gmail.com 185.121.235.41
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    news news@klops.ru 120.40.130.70
    sandrahigdon5636 sandrahigdon5636@zoomaslots-fortune.top 120.40.130.70
    ConnorBaxley8 connorbaxley43@cold.muzaco.com 191.101.92.175