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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 - 13 Sep 2026 5:24 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,220
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    oihqdnvhtpi oihqdnvhtpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    LeonorHelmore95 leonor-leonor@ducone.carmail.bond 185.77.220.237
    dlkkuhcsgot dlkkuhcsgot@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    cnvczbaieEr cnvczbaieEr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    orppxmgmaKn orppxmgmaKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    leannalehmann leannalehmann@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.82
    wayne319 wayne319@partnersucheseite.de 194.62.105.193
    fxtwtfmlkml fxtwtfmlkml@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    LonnaDewey049 lonna.dewey@eldeninfo.xyz 173.234.100.170
    kphulpefxEr kphulpefxEr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 104.23.166.27
    maidawes maidawes@deajeng.store 172.71.159.81
    sommer.sommer sommer.sommer@guripa.camels.online 162.158.167.144
    ypdxvewhhpi ypdxvewhhpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    TarahRico39331 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    mhnztizwcml mhnztizwcml@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    210:403:9405:700:906:01:56:580 210:403:9405:700:906:01:56:580 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lieselotte.lieselotte lieselotte.lieselotte@wirare.carport.mom 172.69.135.14
    mikawilliams219020zgc mikawilliams219020zgc@a.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.135.14
    taj-fungaroli51 taj-fungaroli51@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.202
    aleksushin aleksushin@mail.ru 5.3.247.158
    bzjqjodjoKn bzjqjodjoKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    PedroMosman stevensmith5557yben@b.blog-stuff.com 198.20.181.62
    zpwsdixpeKn zpwsdixpeKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    eltonmccollister eltonmccollister@mailcatch.com 172.71.159.81
    petr.zuyev.97 petr.zuyev.97@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    TVLFrances modestoaleman@tempr.email 46.8.57.209
    7503 7503@farironalds.com 104.22.17.78
    ermaerma ermaerma@wacawa.cleanmail.online 104.22.17.78
    202:2788:16:652:342:67:958:298 202:2788:16:652:342:67:958:298 120.40.130.70
    pettow pettow@mail.ru 103.109.234.245
    DeanneOlney3493 deanne.olney@e980.proconsul.website 23.236.229.242
    doolretwo doolretwo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mauriciostuder13 mauriciostuder13@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.56
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    doriestroup9793 doriestroup9793@emailuae.com 162.158.167.143
    200:13:554:460:0:73:352:701 200:13:554:460:0:73:352:701 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    PrinceHollander jennifertaylor70662ql8@e.gsaserbuilder.xyz 196.51.169.78
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Raymondbeaub yamistlarmki@mail.ru 95.142.47.113
    chqrylge chqrylge@duhastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    QMUYolanda jeffrysiddins361@anonmails.de 104.28.246.125
    MaxieMontgomery kirbycobby1101@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.28.246.125
    delbertdelbert delbertdelbert@dayuge.paper.beer 172.69.135.14
    202:8071:5160:100:41:167:404:22 202:8071:5160:100:41:167:404:22 120.40.130.70
    hlobyvmy hlobyvmy@ishowfirstmail.com 172.69.135.14
    alex.heidenreich alex.heidenreich@donator.site 172.71.154.168
    FreddyPulley24 marisakorey@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    jenniferrodriguez3205x5kc jenniferrodriguez3205x5kc@b.gsasearchengineranker. 104.22.17.79
    chadwick.causey29 chadwick.causey29@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.184
    newbloghi56 newbloghi56@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
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    kermit.colon kermit.colon@contactus.51tiemo.com 104.22.17.78
    miydarusab1978 miydarusab1978@op.pl 172.71.159.81
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    fernebalderas8936 fernebalderas8936@anonmails.deanonmails.de.ini0fer 172.69.23.184
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    EllenW2542980 franklindelphia@veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    MichelDostie28 christopherhernandez22591yy9@b.travel-e-store.com 38.154.115.164
    ivanfuvuso ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 172.68.229.189
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BertDurant34923 bright.meadow6737@teresa-gold.com 191.101.61.169
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    travisbarney5303 travisbarney5303@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.17.79
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