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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 Dec 2025 6:03 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,291
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    fgl.most fgl.most@t-online.de 162.249.127.106
    mariettamaki mariettamaki@anonmails.de 172.71.154.66
    jamesbub spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.dat@gmail.com 79.127.168.139
    202:590:1102:901:97:8:258:3 202:590:1102:901:97:8:258:3 120.40.130.70
    kathrynechols kathrynechols@mem.relieval.com 196.51.116.217
    2001:0:49:2:03:50:86:68 2001:0:49:2:03:50:86:68 120.40.130.70
    ewewegwe ewewegwe@yandex.kz 172.69.134.211
    colletterodarte colletterodarte@hidebox.org 104.22.20.194
    charmain.davis47 charmain.davis47@51tiemo.com 104.22.20.195
    o.m.a.saci.p.1.4 o.m.a.saci.p.1.4@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    pleinfelddeutschlandcamano-zentral pleinfelddeutschlandcamano-zentral@camano.de 120.40.130.70
    201:599:40:3791:4102:581:917:18 201:599:40:3791:4102:581:917:18 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:427:768:134:397:288:7 2001:0:427:768:134:397:288:7 120.40.130.70
    2409:854:1841:200:44:: 2409:854:1841:200:44:: 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4994:6470:45:8428:5869:960 2001:0:4994:6470:45:8428:5869:960 120.40.130.70
    mohdjunaidkararikaushambi786 mohdjunaidkararikaushambi786@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    hermanmcmurray hermanmcmurray@now.mefound.com 104.22.17.127
    viktoriasivolonskaa3040 viktoriasivolonskaa3040@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    newedeseres newedeseres@anonmails.de 91.188.244.33
    LucindaJacob lucinda.jacob69@ihnat90.hexagonaldrawings.com 38.154.48.251
    mathewgladney2126 mathewgladney2126@anonmails.de 104.22.20.194
    lakeishafinnerty lakeishafinnerty@tempr.email 104.22.17.127
    JaxonChiles9 thomaschen82038tw8k@seoautomationpro.com 152.232.160.50
    lashundahyland57 lashundahyland57@sisa.ivolix.com 104.22.20.194
    info info@legiland.club 120.40.130.70
    nathancorey7586 nathancorey7586@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.210
    Robby16B622127 elvirakeir@anonmails.de 45.89.100.249
    2001:0:5502:154:72:3:49:277 2001:0:5502:154:72:3:49:277 120.40.130.70
    keeleymorrissey keeleymorrissey@cryptoboss-gold.top 149.126.220.141
    1450504115 1450504115@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    CrystalYard0357 christopherwilson7321n4y5@budgetthailandtravel.com 152.232.160.58
    PedroBermudez72 pauljones921673xr@welcometotijuana.com 152.232.160.5
    2406:240:9020:510:058:474:43:7511 2406:240:9020:510:058:474:43:7511 120.40.130.70
    2600:1700:4610:920:995:413:4204:806 2600:1700:4610:920:995:413:4204:806 120.40.130.70
    OliverParis patriciahernandez7791qrsr@gsasearchengineranker.co 152.232.160.11
    jordeethauniversalscum jordeethauniversalscum@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    bennycharteris60 bennycharteris60@ee10.akukayaraya.online 200.10.47.171
    JessicaRickert4 ruthiepatel3369@anonmails.de 45.83.118.73
    michalmiller65 michalmiller65@sisa.ivolix.com 172.69.134.210
    2001:0:466:22:92:25:676:82 2001:0:466:22:92:25:676:82 120.40.130.70
    info info@speed-seo.net 120.40.130.70
    robinetta robinetta@h.thunderecho.store 172.71.159.138
    2001:0:5540:8214:4955:92:20:72 2001:0:5540:8214:4955:92:20:72 120.40.130.70
    lona202 lona202@proton.me 154.60.90.78
    Maddison29A barbaralopez2310dyfh@f.welcometotijuana.com 23.94.5.37
    j2.85.6.9.9.8 j2.85.6.9.9.8@gmail.com 185.223.152.41
    j2.85.6.9.9.8 j2.85.6.9.9.8@gmail.com 185.223.152.38
    tqdzbvgefg tqdzbvgefg@1234techland.info 172.69.23.147
    LelaArcher7914 darellhernsheim@anonmails.de 92.119.40.72
    NanceeHampden nancee-hampden@ligadasflorestas.org.br 104.238.42.178
    GregoryFanny39 cletawehner6542@anonmails.de 5.252.28.147
    GerardoChippinda jovitalucas@anonmails.de 45.92.124.25
    o.g.uc.u.q.e959 o.g.uc.u.q.e959@gmail.com 172.71.154.66
    boxnamaile boxnamaile@mail.ru 195.16.60.162
    spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.dat spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.dat@gmail.c 79.127.168.139
    EBSDonette donette-baskett90@047b.1rmmail.top 152.232.160.124
    HarveyRurge amyk7v0var@gmail.com 178.176.76.191
    KandisGrw3127147 macanband@sabalanmusic.ir 141.11.0.84
    TeraMcmullin348 jorjabrain3071@anonmails.de 5.252.31.81
    annis-foster annis-foster@51tiemo.com 154.86.113.180
    HarveyRurge amyk7v0var@gmail.com 31.173.84.24
    AshleeEhc6 marimedlock8342@anonmails.de 109.107.160.197
    MargeryZoll66 macanband@sabalanmusic.ir 141.11.0.84
    ozy1 ozy1@webtoteam.shop 188.119.114.146
    AllenSnato yejvdcybox@rambler.ru 95.143.190.169
    DanniellePogue danniellepogue@126a.1rmmail.top 152.232.160.124
    in31 in31@blogwebsite.top 172.71.159.137
    NUPLloyd640 lloydkrebs72@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.47.227
    shonna shonna@d.dontstress.online 172.71.154.66
    LisaRazo54 jeramypalafox@anonmails.de 45.140.52.221
    CarolynExaph mdanilov48156499@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    RemonaKimbrell hamishhollars@anonmails.de 92.204.174.122
    KattieGutteridge walterbrier@anonmails.de 91.188.244.68