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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 - 6 Aug 2026 5:28 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,177
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:03:818:900:5:209:82:194 202:03:818:900:5:209:82:194 120.40.130.70
    RileyKepler7 rileykepler51@put.pettin.com 191.101.114.39
    Silvia silviagarcia74@hotmail.com 149.74.211.85
    202:1810:532:00:3941:741:51:490 202:1810:532:00:3941:741:51:490 120.40.130.70
    ign2005 ign2005@yandex.ru 178.176.77.218
    amsonshtolzez3810 amsonshtolzez@163.com 181.39.25.196
    asopiaswift1889 asopiaswift@yahoo.com 169.150.196.37
    Josephavals lin.k.s8.9.m.as.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.125
    Josephavals lin.k.s8.9.m.as.t@gmail.com 141.98.253.134
    ElizabetMcfall elizabetmcfall24@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.54.226
    202:420:315:180:4:8865:13:8 202:420:315:180:4:8865:13:8 120.40.130.70
    LilianCutlack8 liliancutlack13@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.218
    tonia-penton.1691 tonia-penton.1691@eplayfortuna-spinrush.com 72.56.155.212
    202:03:11:4501:0:3:0:50 202:03:11:4501:0:3:0:50 120.40.130.70
    DanutaForshee5 danutaforshee66@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.87
    HQMAva3236937605 shantaedusty@solstris.com 191.101.114.101
    Melvina83J donaldlopez741pgvi@gsasearchengineranker.info 78.157.213.47
    CarlaHurtado726 how1@blogranks.top 2.57.23.210
    RodneyPainter rodneypainter2@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.169
    KathyEhmann140 kathyehmann85@brick.pettin.com 181.215.16.161
    mybeachhome mybeachhome@proton.me 49.176.77.36
    ArronB9350842 arronwoodcock3@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.152
    202:267:08:414:0:6000:0:7 202:267:08:414:0:6000:0:7 120.40.130.70
    DouglasLan danielmiller670gk9y@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 78.157.213.47
    2001:8004:1528:7635:5338:212:350:016 2001:8004:1528:7635:5338:212:350:016 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:420:206:84:597:2508:30:1 202:420:206:84:597:2508:30:1 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    danielmiller670gk9y danielmiller670gk9y@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 94.46.247.41
    chelsea.madigan chelsea.madigan@healthypplevery.org 98.158.233.14
    2001:100:919:3200:21:3:4:645 2001:100:919:3200:21:3:4:645 120.40.130.70
    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DeonVale67 josephmartinez7491462o@linkbuilding.club 217.60.120.60
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    luciaolejarova luciaolejarova@azet.sk 120.40.130.70
    w thesspikegame@gmail.com 144.48.38.147
    RefugioDasilva refugiodasilva93@role.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.45
    202:3100:580:00:2022:000:26:2990 202:3100:580:00:2022:000:26:2990 120.40.130.70
    stapuntril1990 stapuntril1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    uxctypqkir uxctypqkir@rambler.ru 79.127.175.92
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 193.9.36.24
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    TaylaFlower76 margaretwillson1994@firsthidden.com 154.195.184.190
    SanoraPerl763 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 154.16.69.250
    NickolasTheissen stevenlopez911645g9@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 156.241.217.101
    zataylottso zataylottso@126.com 68.71.254.6
    202:020:35:51:199:48:168:64 202:020:35:51:199:48:168:64 120.40.130.70
    Tarah62H87 tarah.trenwith-3541@rutor8.forum 45.3.43.168
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    Tarah62H87 tarah.trenwith-3541@rutor8.forum 209.50.188.61
    ricky-diehl ricky-diehl@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.171
    Anja43N608402 anjaeanes60@slow.pettin.com 154.16.69.184
    luciaolejarova luciaolejarova@azet.sk 120.40.130.70
    lecourbesaintegermaine lecourbesaintegermaine@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    MauraNarvaez7 mauranarvaez41@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.68
    KatrinPawsey69 katrinpawsey54@trick.veauly.com 196.198.13.114
    IsidraThorpe2 robertmartin4541wzvh@c.verifiedlinklist.com 94.46.247.89
    AishaWeisz sarahgonzalez7571lyzw@gsasearchengineranker.guru 94.46.247.43
    202:1808:7:122:120:07:47:426 202:1808:7:122:120:07:47:426 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    HoseaColechin hoseacolechin84@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    euqiozytuy euqiozytuy@rambler.ru 104.23.170.123
    IsabellO90 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 144.48.52.206
    VadaLeachman878 michaelsmith9008jyvg@b.blog-stuff.com 81.92.194.168
    123 123@3321.ru 185.133.174.183
    WalterTunn21 waltertunn91@yell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.56
    NewtonKingsmill newtonkingsmill93@thus.ehomu.com 196.198.13.252
    KandyXdu06954192 tedtia@solstris.com 102.165.55.133
    azamatbarca azamatbarca@mail.ru 95.163.222.190
    JarredGwendolen jarredgwendolen67@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.60
    SallieKitterman kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    LavadaKnatchbull tamiaubrey@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    202:1810:943:200:896:5:8:554 202:1810:943:200:896:5:8:554 120.40.130.70
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