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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 - 9 Dec 2025 4:02 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,266
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    h.uy.nhkha.n.h2.0.15 h.uy.nhkha.n.h2.0.15@gmail.com 45.42.88.105
    dmi49845403 dmi49845403@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    LawrenceYoo8503 lawrenceyoo@otakuhub.xyz 165.231.97.144
    2001:0:486:44:849:95:425:8884 2001:0:486:44:849:95:425:8884 120.40.130.70
    ydxnwa9pwyxz ydxnwa9pwyxz@mailbox.in.ua 120.40.130.70
    workvet workvet@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    carlosdevine carlosdevine@anonmails.de 45.145.118.95
    fionawilson fionawilson@solstris.com 196.198.13.6
    charissavilma charissavilma@solstris.com 196.198.13.137
    miss.kuriatnikova miss.kuriatnikova@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    charmingwed charmingwed@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    charlotteirwin charlotteirwin@solstris.com 131.108.19.141
    YvonneUlm84059 yvonneulm6484@eldeninfo.xyz 196.240.254.182
    2001:0:7255:335:02:71:98:675 2001:0:7255:335:02:71:98:675 120.40.130.70
    hr.cholon hr.cholon@mbbank.com.vn 120.40.130.70
    PhilMelson56 philmelson78@vipitv.com 110.244.97.90
    vidt1 vidt1@mbbank.com.vn 120.40.130.70
    drakon2012a drakon2012a@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    samarawhitt samarawhitt@healthdietshop.com 172.69.134.211
    gretta gretta@k.quantumnest.lat 196.51.177.75
    2001:0:491:1001:54:74:4:5 2001:0:491:1001:54:74:4:5 120.40.130.70
    wiltonseward wiltonseward@booi-rush.top 162.158.167.43
    m.orage.pip.i.12 m.orage.pip.i.12@gmail.com 89.23.103.253
    grezleekapa grezleekapa@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:435::00:154:61:81 2001:0:435::00:154:61:81 120.40.130.70
    pistonchiyevpolonchi31 pistonchiyevpolonchi31@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tgering tgering@internet.ru 120.40.130.70
    UrsulaAnstey696 wailheuiffp2r72@nestmailbox.com 216.158.209.31
    davidbrown9996ddp5 davidbrown9996ddp5@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.20.194
    maksimka333 maksimka333@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    uwerey53 uwerey53@art.fanficforum.com 172.71.154.179
    ry.a.nwhit.e5.4.7.6.34 ry.a.nwhit.e5.4.7.6.34@gmail.com 173.239.254.231
    faun faun@awsome-gadgets.com 199.229.254.129
    MirtaDemarco02 mirta-mirta69@lufero.topgun.fit 193.233.217.37
    ry.a.nwhit.e5.4.7.6.34 ry.a.nwhit.e5.4.7.6.34@gmail.com 173.239.254.223
    ry.a.nwhit.e5.4.7.6.34 ry.a.nwhit.e5.4.7.6.34@gmail.com 173.239.254.226
    BrigidaCuper16 brigidacuper74@list.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.207
    anna211080 anna211080@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    silinaliuda silinaliuda@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    koposhilka123 koposhilka123@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    DallasMcGovern9 dallas.dallas56@jahofu.hopemail.click 31.134.1.95
    OsvaldoWeiss80 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 154.16.20.190
    ralfkrichauff31 ralfkrichauff31@seat.muzaco.com 162.158.167.43
    andreasalaam1418 andreasalaam1418@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.126
    vkseneka vkseneka@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    o.bakaeva o.bakaeva@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    sunny19782005 sunny19782005@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    stephanmarchand90 stephanmarchand90@tupo.vexint.com 52.128.31.23
    shishova-sofia shishova-sofia@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:41:289:351:88:7:661 2001:0:41:289:351:88:7:661 120.40.130.70
    2401:180:8850:17:5570:46:91:735 2401:180:8850:17:5570:46:91:735 120.40.130.70
    zmasonyandxtoz1288 zmasonyandxtoz@hotmail.com 66.42.224.229
    ernie ernie@c.thebetter.online 172.69.23.70
    ronaldoreilly ronaldoreilly@hidebox.org 162.158.167.43
    Lalabetgokken u.v.id.ati.ve.ne88@gmail.com 188.130.129.84
    Isaacsmepe m.o.rage.pip.i.12@gmail.com 89.23.103.253
    ShawneeDees2452 arthurfletch@leantechy.xyz 196.51.204.175
    anastasiatolmaceva3656 anastasiatolmaceva3656@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4881:63:53:15:7:81 2001:0:4881:63:53:15:7:81 120.40.130.70
    202:03:81:000:4694:125:46:4613 202:03:81:000:4694:125:46:4613 120.40.130.70
    2001:102:3315:00:42:932:049:01 2001:102:3315:00:42:932:049:01 120.40.130.70
    candelariamadrigal9947 candelariamadrigal9947@anonmails.de 199.58.184.97
    pete-lorenz pete-lorenz@slgdaily.xyz 172.71.159.137
    wusgjdby wusgjdby@streetwormail.com 120.40.130.70
    smorodinmaksim11 smorodinmaksim11@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:40:37:02:14:82:8 2001:0:40:37:02:14:82:8 120.40.130.70
    aurora.brunelle.6853 aurora.brunelle.6853@topcompanygroup.com 91.186.214.234
    2001:0:728:567:2006:46:0:8 2001:0:728:567:2006:46:0:8 120.40.130.70
    gisceva gisceva@list.ru 213.87.133.250
    aeujah aeujah@unionbankng.com 120.40.130.70
    2402:7500:599:4:83:340:703:8243 2402:7500:599:4:83:340:703:8243 120.40.130.70
    2001:1:2:216:530:99:6954:679 2001:1:2:216:530:99:6954:679 120.40.130.70
    EduardoFleischer eduardofleischer@smass.store 84.54.53.225
    2409:844:301:03:8000:0:2:95 2409:844:301:03:8000:0:2:95 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5603:17:05:4:6579:573 2001:0:5603:17:05:4:6579:573 120.40.130.70
    steep.tarantula.dztl steep.tarantula.dztl@protectsmail.net 104.22.20.194
    BrentF41674 brentalfonso49@seat.muzaco.com 191.101.109.18