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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 - 23 Apr 2026 10:55 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,583
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    elliott-lamington-1481 elliott-lamington-1481@fpsrealm.xyz 172.71.158.69
    ChristenSandoval finlaylynette@solstris.com 191.101.114.216
    serena.follansbee100 serena.follansbee100@4048.scalesurge.io 172.69.134.82
    gabriellelaura gabriellelaura@0815.ru 104.22.20.143
    beverlybeverly44 beverlybeverly44@rubuho.wins.guru 104.22.17.127
    Local-Secondary-Glazing8264 elidamcafee11@seti.lyvix.org 45.133.170.203
    xxidofpxjOi xxidofpxjOi@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    RoxanaWeinstein brandieboag@vietcap.sbs 89.21.85.28
    ManieHundley706 adaabigail@anonmails.de 109.107.180.61
    AbelGilliland14 abelgilliland68@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.54.7
    brennacalvert63 brennacalvert63@last.muzaco.com 104.22.17.127
    nobleblackmon3955 nobleblackmon3955@ramenbetofficial777.top 172.71.158.69
    dmitry.kuznetsov91 dmitry.kuznetsov91@casinotds.xyz 172.71.158.68
    202:1810:917:2400:73:9:3150:3 202:1810:917:2400:73:9:3150:3 120.40.130.70
    Raymon3341 myrtleleila@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    LucindaReveley lucindareveley2@self.ehomu.com 102.165.53.252
    EOOKandis8814 kandiswhiteman87@lower.ehomu.com 144.48.52.206
    Normaneffom actkathua@web.de 31.169.53.2
    augustinaramsey22 augustinaramsey22@wild.ehomu.com 172.71.154.178
    202:3100:645:000:6:5:46: 202:3100:645:000:6:5:46: 120.40.130.70
    vnemztdiwKr vnemztdiwKr@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:645:000:6:5:46: 202:3100:645:000:6:5:46: 120.40.130.70
    Gilda09789196 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 196.196.254.163
    janrede9556 janrede9556@quinz.me 162.158.167.134
    top9 top9@blogwebsite.top 5.181.131.14
    andrewgarcia515068ob andrewgarcia515068ob@c.verifiedlinklist.com 120.40.130.70
    lu.ck.y.fe.et.shoes.5.0 lu.ck.y.fe.et.shoes.5.0@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    atenciongrandesclientes atenciongrandesclientes@movilnet.com.ve 120.40.130.70
    2001:98:33:3500:2833:580:063:344 2001:98:33:3500:2833:580:063:344 120.40.130.70
    2mhl67lfndteo27f2uxt8i00xv 2mhl67lfndteo27f2uxt8i00xv@public.talk.google.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:652:180:5578:1896 202:8108:8125:100:652:180:5578:1896 120.40.130.70
    edward.edward67 edward.edward67@ronape.television.pics 104.22.17.126
    barbarasmith6511inhf barbarasmith6511inhf@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.127
    mavis.mavis mavis.mavis@lozibe.wisecook.xyz 104.22.17.127
    2600:4040:743:200:461:32:407:314 2600:4040:743:200:461:32:407:314 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:70:200:17:280:45:634 2001:100:70:200:17:280:45:634 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RosauraWashburn rosaurawashburn65@self.ehomu.com 23.95.204.251
    KashaYali24 kashayali3@semu.dravix.org 152.89.128.116
    andrewgarcia515068ob andrewgarcia515068ob@c.verifiedlinklist.com 46.8.18.173
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CollinO874 rudolflogsdon998@mailswing.forum 45.33.144.103
    amparovosz82 amparovosz82@seti.blyxen.com 104.22.17.126
    john john@needemail.com 120.40.130.70
    Marialitty prohorovboriskq7183@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    johndoe johndoe@test.com 120.40.130.70
    vrslmgao vrslmgao@fringmail.com 172.71.158.69
    202:267::4700:0:4000:0:8 202:267::4700:0:4000:0:8 120.40.130.70
    202:020:384:915:3583:66:4:89 202:020:384:915:3583:66:4:89 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8521:3901:78:55:39:57 202:03:8521:3901:78:55:39:57 120.40.130.70
    kc682 kc682@proton.me 2600:656:9040:570::1006
    kc682 kc682@proton.me 47.24.74.67
    TiaraBromby1 nathanielwakelin1701@anonmails.de 46.8.10.141
    pamela-goode27 pamela-goode27@9e7a.catqo.site 172.69.23.193
    202:03:8521:3901:78:55:39:57 202:03:8521:3901:78:55:39:57 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:645:000:6:5:46: 202:3100:645:000:6:5:46: 120.40.130.70
    marygarcia8669aiue marygarcia8669aiue@gsasearchengineranker.info 120.40.130.70
    elvisallan90 elvisallan90@tapi.claxyn.org 104.22.17.127
    judymaitland judymaitland@discardmail.com 172.69.23.193
    meredith-goethe70 meredith-goethe70@emailgsa14.xyz 172.71.154.178
    202:020:38:3053:3876:335:209:401 202:020:38:3053:3876:335:209:401 120.40.130.70
    maikwetzel maikwetzel@anonmails.de 172.71.158.69
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    AureliaCou aureliacourtois8695@otvinta161.store 188.130.143.131
    rubyemault rubyemault@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    KevinLyne54151 toneysnelling@anonmails.de 185.117.29.170
    francevenables francevenables@masteremailsite.shop 172.69.134.83
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zeldajiminez zeldajiminez@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.193
    msubb msubb@webtoteam.shop 104.22.17.127
    212:800:2:1:45:138:16:76 212:800:2:1:45:138:16:76 120.40.130.70
    KlausPaling finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.55.238
    fredericcurley fredericcurley@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.142
    u00a0mariateresa.baldassarre u00a0mariateresa.baldassarre@uniba.it 120.40.130.70
    concettalind5263 concettalind5263@pecinan.net 172.71.154.178
    luis.vidal.cm.us luis.vidal.cm.us@gmail.com 2804:70:342:201:357:59:14:394