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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 - 8 Jul 2026 4:49 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,161
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    VYZLoren30648 wprinositikbr90@nestmailbox.com 192.186.145.135
    marcela.perez marcela.perez@finek.com.mx 109.236.81.139
    ErwinMarquardt wresturant8qr90@nestmailbox.com 23.236.236.85
    Arian903 molly865@cock.li 201:620:0:431:5899:7573:81:39
    greta-seccombe greta-seccombe@eldeninfo.xyz 162.158.166.210
    202:020:55:848:75:359:39:212 202:020:55:848:75:359:39:212 120.40.130.70
    MargartHearn88 margarthearn14@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.54.227
    WiltonRaven94 wiltonraven38@slow.pettin.com 191.101.114.68
    penneypedley4867 penneypedley4867@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.22.25
    marinakenode marinakenode@mail.ru 104.22.17.79
    interdum interdum@smart-slip.ru 104.22.17.79
    marcela.perez marcela.perez@finek.com.mx 178.132.0.42
    202:1810:584:600:542:41:51:5747 202:1810:584:600:542:41:51:5747 120.40.130.70
    202:020:55:848:75:359:39:212 202:020:55:848:75:359:39:212 120.40.130.70
    ArdenCarreno ardencarreno82@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.9
    202:3100:6288:900:4:7:5:29 202:3100:6288:900:4:7:5:29 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:6288:900:4:7:5:29 202:3100:6288:900:4:7:5:29 120.40.130.70
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    adriennebickford adriennebickford@pawobby.cfd 162.158.167.126
    Zoe3090092740 zoehadley32@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    VaughnEaves vaughneaves72@cool.muzaco.com 191.101.114.29
    EmileWalstab107 emile.walstab-135@baupo.pl 107.172.128.75
    20:387:13:5:55:25:220:15 20:387:13:5:55:25:220:15 120.40.130.70
    kacperro500 kacperro500@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    VTCKlara869 klaraconway80@put.pettin.com 102.165.53.252
    2001:49:04:64:898:8185:45:896 2001:49:04:64:898:8185:45:896 120.40.130.70
    Chassidy4957 joshuabrown7762ax0k@d.blog-stuff.com 69.4.93.42
    tid3s0ng tid3s0ng@vpsnl.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:416:100:3:66:956:02 202:1810:416:100:3:66:956:02 120.40.130.70
    AdolphMennell paultaylor31513n86@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.121.146
    735 735@solatog.online 172.71.159.55
    orlandotincher77 orlandotincher77@slide.veauly.com 172.69.23.52
    sales sales@irvine.caredogbest.com 120.40.130.70
    HassieAngus robertgonzalez7304b4we@a.blog-stuff.com 196.51.124.105
    Carlos79D8789 paulthomas9010di99@e.welcometotijuana.com 107.175.151.70
    MayaTomkinson mayatomkinson42@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.56
    Candida45U tamiaubrey@solstris.com 191.101.92.175
    CliftonBus cliftonnanya61@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.133
    HeidiKnowles43 heidiknowles30@fiber.pettin.com 196.196.254.113
    gordon15 gordon15@eduka.com (empty)
    ChiNicolay22467 chinicolay97@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.81
    maksimsupala maksimsupala@mail.ru 172.69.134.35
    daniilraweha daniilraweha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    CharlotteMacaula nathanmunoz@leantechy.xyz 196.51.143.42
    sed sed@smart-slip.ru 120.40.130.70
    StephanDunningha stephandunningham45@lower.ehomu.com 196.198.13.152
    gohartesting-prelaunch4 gohartesting-prelaunch4@voiply.com 120.40.130.70
    202:2788:106:103:9:260:99:15 202:2788:106:103:9:260:99:15 120.40.130.70
    ChasHoughton291 chashoughton@5af4.justicarneo.website 135.131.49.130
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 172.69.23.125
    odelllew odelllew@anonmails.de 92.119.41.33
    desifrfan desifrfan@proton.me 207.154.198.90
    desifrfan desifrfan@proton.me 200:41:8033:803:41:230:06:79
    veriflesprivat11 veriflesprivat11@konstruksituntas.com 104.22.17.57
    JerrodCallister jerrodcallister58@keep.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.184
    hopedetwiler1 hopedetwiler1@safewaterdamage.com 172.71.159.56
    joshuamoore6714lt94 joshuamoore6714lt94@c.resorts-in-asia.com 120.40.130.70
    ma.r.t.a.sp.el.l.o.w.d.a. ma.r.t.a.sp.el.l.o.w.d.a.@gmail.com (empty)
    heinrich heinrich@simpleledger.at 172.69.135.56
    flynnbey343 flynnbey343@pw.epac.to 104.22.20.142
    KristalLemaster dessiecarla@solstris.com 154.16.69.250
    alondrafuentes.rayos+0k alondrafuentes.rayos+0k@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    DonnaVenables donnavenables43@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.173
    ufuk.op.u.w20 ufuk.op.u.w20@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::7975 2001:410:701:1100::7975 120.40.130.70
    celesta-kastner celesta-kastner@topcompanygroup.com 217.181.88.206
    DustinFrancois9 kathrynreed@solstris.com 154.16.69.184
    sambolick.1933 sambolick.1933@topcompanygroup.com 217.181.79.179
    wanda.hanigan3154 wanda.hanigan3154@topcompanygroup.com 217.181.88.108
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 104.22.20.5
    Susanna36K susannamcalpine69@slow.pettin.com 191.101.114.220
    Isabell04P isabellhorner87@put.pettin.com 191.101.114.216
    kaley.blakeley-8476 kaley.blakeley-8476@topcompanygroup.com 217.181.85.80