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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 - 21 Jul 2026 2:10 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,035
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AracelyCrofts8 aracely-crofts@grumm.pl 165.231.35.34
    leahwp20 leahwp20@nwsa69.lavabitmail.digital 192.42.116.66
    enriquetaslayton enriquetaslayton@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.71.154.169
    f37693ca-049c-4a8a-8ff5-a685079e7322 f37693ca-049c-4a8a-8ff5-a685079e7322@emtmadrid.es 120.40.130.70
    MauricioGertz07 mauriciogertz68@d91d.justicarneo.website 98.20.217.196
    leahwp20 leahwp20@nwsa69.lavabitmail.digital 23.128.248.171
    GretchenVanDeVel gretchenvandevelde@grumm.pl 191.101.110.134
    Jamesutf carrelsbreaker.8m@icloud.com 207.174.31.93
    bicimad.notificaciones bicimad.notificaciones@emtmadrid.es 120.40.130.70
    li.nk.s.89.m.ast li.nk.s.89.m.ast@gmail.com 172.71.154.168
    qweqw qweqw@wc2026bet.ru 172.69.135.13
    DellParry7 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    jameycuni5130 jameycuni5130@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.159.82
    GalenSeiffert43 sondradarcy@solstris.com 144.48.52.102
    rickybooze39 rickybooze39@.mxdood.com 172.71.154.169
    NelsonHamlin445 nelsonhamlin56@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.105
    marishkabrjansk marishkabrjansk@mail.ru 79.139.179.76
    charlesjohnson5139h1uv charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.55.106
    CharaDennison janbeatriz@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    UlrichCardone flynnwoodrow@veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    NewtonH348 patriciawilson31ykyj@b.gsavps.xyz 192.241.85.237
    LavinaKohler1 lavinakohler92@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.146
    Terrence6779 jessicawilson7940dfuo@b.gsavps.xyz 155.94.162.151
    sharyn-wheeler36 sharyn-wheeler36@kudagacor.fun 162.158.167.43
    KellyStowe078 arturoshannan@solstris.com 154.16.69.173
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    CatalinaCasimaty catalinacasimaty70@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.200
    MiloDye71877 taneshanadine@veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    MichelineCrow michelinecrow33@slow.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    MayraValentino6 mayravalentino58@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    RobertStump robert-stump@koiot.de 5.157.55.128
    Phil81E5739 philshanks1@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.54.227
    leathahendrix leathahendrix@freundin.ru 172.71.154.168
    ClaribelDelatte claribeldelatte64@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.254
    truyenthong truyenthong@cih.com.vn 120.40.130.70
    EdisonDennis79 royalferdinand@veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    jeremy-holley.1812 jeremy-holley.1812@wordspacemail.com 172.69.23.183
    NoahBroinowski josephgarcia84730r6v@b.mustdoindubai.com 23.236.243.29
    keyndon Ronamo95@gmail.com 65.60.192.219
    kristenchamberlain kristenchamberlain@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.81
    ferneoflaherty1645 ferneoflaherty1645@koes.justdied.com 172.71.159.82
    ImogenArmstrong joshuajackson26tudg@c.resorts-in-asia.com 64.188.0.167
    Zachary54C zacharyepperson@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.149
    202:03:91:00:598:871:3:813 202:03:91:00:598:871:3:813 120.40.130.70
    ferneoflaherty1645 ferneoflaherty1645@koes.justdied.com 172.71.154.168
    AntoniettaWagner antoniettawagner45@nor.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    YongSifford031 yong.sifford@baupo.pl 134.255.243.221
    FrancescaSimoi4 lindahernandez7513radx@linkbuildingtools.club 66.63.171.165
    josephgarcia3715yfuq josephgarcia3715yfuq@c.mustdoindubai.com 192.241.84.111
    JeannaMoloney regenaamado@veauly.com 172.245.75.102
    gracemacleay15 gracemacleay15@pound.milkgg.com 172.71.159.81
    RosarioSmallwood anthonygarcia9822ditu@backlinks.monster 38.154.67.203
    Nigel62M3665 nigelchampiondecrespigny52@yell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.184
    NoreenFosdick8 brennacecelia@veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    SeleneGuevara seleneguevara97@brick.pettin.com 177.234.143.121
    8 8@tochtonado.name 171.25.158.95
    mariobromley mariobromley@spambog.ru 104.22.17.79
    renatowine39 renatowine39@fast.veauly.com 104.22.17.78
    FernBlundstone fernblundstone20@free.pettin.com 181.215.16.247
    SibylHughey2863 sibylhughey1964@h.lovepettoys.shop 152.232.11.70
    202:03:91:00:598:871:3:813 202:03:91:00:598:871:3:813 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:849:8:725:4849 202:8108:8125:100:849:8:725:4849 120.40.130.70
    1tawg3gxbkm 1tawg3gxbkm@kanyeomg.com 104.22.17.78
    shari.gambalonga73 shari.gambalonga73@take-ur-vites.org 98.188.47.150
    esther-stacey esther-stacey@22bf.rshrthertherth.net 104.22.20.142
    ae.dewdyu9645jaebd.com16cn7zgeh7ydxemail.jaebd.com ae.dewdyu9645jaebd.com16cn7zgeh7ydxemail.jaebd.com 104.22.17.79
    202:03:91:00:598:871:3:813 202:03:91:00:598:871:3:813 120.40.130.70
    PasqualeMarmon pasquale-marmon@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.32
    charmainmebane charmainmebane@i.lovepettoys.shop 172.69.23.183
    rildo.alves rildo.alves@grupoeuro17.com.br 120.40.130.70
    202:267:980:440:0:2000:0:10 202:267:980:440:0:2000:0:10 120.40.130.70
    domenic-ficosecchi-sullivan domenic-ficosecchi-sullivan@healthypplevery.org 172.71.154.169
    alenagoodman72 alenagoodman72@yell.milkgg.com 104.22.20.142
    igor.albuquerque igor.albuquerque@grupoeuro17.com.br 120.40.130.70
    nome nome@email.com 120.40.130.70
    Olafs olisb@inbox.lv 90.133.119.113
    sac sac@grupoeuro17.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ferneoflaherty1645 ferneoflaherty1645@koes.justdied.com 162.158.167.43
    BrennaLavallie brennalavallie56@only.veauly.com 102.165.55.133