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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 - 24 Aug 2026 6:31 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,138
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    TresaWilmot5 tresawilmot21@trick.veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    wvkibuuneEi wvkibuuneEi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    JaxonZ4184 p.olly.l.u9.3@gmail.com 142.147.108.88
    health_info uvinuv@papkettwwqs.com 158.69.119.14
    qmnrgmzjlEi qmnrgmzjlEi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    li.nks.8.9.m.as.t. li.nks.8.9.m.as.t.@gmail.com 78.111.152.122
    ldsjoxvjnma ldsjoxvjnma@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    CharliJ8100 charlimcclung82@slide.veauly.com 191.101.92.175
    tr.o.f.imsergg tr.o.f.imsergg@gmail.com 5.3.176.61
    unternehmenskommunikation unternehmenskommunikation@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LoganOFlynn7 loganoflynn7@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.87
    oscar-civiletto38 oscar-civiletto38@healthypplevery.org 149.20.241.217
    SimaWigington41 simawigington55@only.veauly.com 154.16.69.76
    Alva19I100507 myrtleleila@solstris.com 102.165.54.7
    integrationsmanagement-pflege integrationsmanagement-pflege@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    digitale-barrierefreiheit digitale-barrierefreiheit@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    2601:3:600:8280:426:10:249:93 2601:3:600:8280:426:10:249:93 120.40.130.70
    unternehmenskommunikation unternehmenskommunikation@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    pva0iioy4p6rn6 pva0iioy4p6rn6@emalupe.com 120.40.130.70
    digitale-barrierefreiheit digitale-barrierefreiheit@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    2607:90:281:3:2:957:509:7 2607:90:281:3:2:957:509:7 120.40.130.70
    datenschutzbeauftragte datenschutzbeauftragte@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    HealthFan29 edezuv@prettymailhost.com 158.69.118.189
    kngould kngould@teksavvy.com 216.154.137.18
    unternehmenskommunikation unternehmenskommunikation@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    DeanaPaulson deanapaulson25@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    frederichoeft92 frederichoeft92@body.milkgg.com 196.51.89.87
    MargaritaPinksto margaritapinkston61@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.184
    Josephturne l.inks.89m.a.st.@gmail.com 78.111.152.122
    integrationsmanagement-pflege integrationsmanagement-pflege@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    LaureneWeymouth dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.53.87
    maria-margarete.karsten maria-margarete.karsten@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    KellyMatlock jessmyles@solstris.com 154.16.69.146
    ShirleenMondalmi arturoshannan@solstris.com 191.101.92.9
    mckrixzlwea mckrixzlwea@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    LorenzaOwsley23 jessicagarcia13756r2p@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 81.92.194.149
    EsperanzaMeans0 esperanzameans14@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    Daddnielhaurn admin1jjjj151@temz.net 192.18.143.53
    JoycelynMosman5 kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.114.29
    biancatill bianca.till-631@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.197
    unternehmenskommunikation unternehmenskommunikation@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    tzyrxuiisea tzyrxuiisea@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    JeannineGrasby jeanninegrasby79@fast.veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    ThorstenRingler williammartinez423j16u@b.welcometotijuana.com 217.60.120.220
    emudvreyo emudvreyo@poppmailnewr.com 54.39.18.217
    arisha010205 arisha010205@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    health86 ixemepoxo@mailkolnet.com 94.23.25.75
    lxnbhtqclKn lxnbhtqclKn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    maura6750 maura-goldfarb@vastonlinesolution.com 186.54.214.85
    SafeSource itudeoa@papkettwwqs.com 158.69.119.14
    digitale-barrierefreiheit digitale-barrierefreiheit@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    alphonse-steed alphonse-steed@mailtech.ro 91.211.87.185
    elliott.crittenden elliott.crittenden@mailtech.ro 188.214.227.41
    datenschutzbeauftragte datenschutzbeauftragte@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    lorri.jess lorri.jess@mailtech.ro 89.40.222.191
    haydenleve haydenlevey@mailtech.ro 89.45.125.207
    ClairWxf187272 clairganz62@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.227
    NPBNoe596343 barbarajackson5108sjf1@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.119.197
    serkank serkank@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    IndiaHutchings3 indiahutchings@12e1.topgradeoffers.com 172.121.139.241
    ChristieWzg junkodwayne@solstris.com 191.101.114.39
    datenschutzbeauftragte datenschutzbeauftragte@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    scotty-theriault3585 scotty-theriault3585@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.126
    ActiveNow85 ocovutwe@mailkolnet.com 94.23.25.75
    muratg muratg@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    Gretta22M1 grettabarak72@fast.veauly.com 102.165.54.4
    digitale-barrierefreiheit digitale-barrierefreiheit@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    datenschutzbeauftragte datenschutzbeauftragte@charite.de 120.40.130.70
    maria-margarete.karsten maria-margarete.karsten@charite.de 120.40.130.70