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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 - 30 Aug 2026 1:52 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,032
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ValKeir684719806 valkeir50@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    halley.wells halley.wells@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.154.178
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    MalloryBrush844 mallorybrush38@scene.muzaco.com 191.101.114.216
    kennethbleasdale8843 kennethbleasdale8843@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    jerrellsommerlad100 jerrellsommerlad100@issue.mxdood.com 120.40.130.70
    SondraHerington sondraherington69@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.53.34
    2601:540:101:830:7840:91:57:898 2601:540:101:830:7840:91:57:898 120.40.130.70
    2001:7:80:26:203:27:7439:533 2001:7:80:26:203:27:7439:533 120.40.130.70
    JakeIsaacs7 jake.jake27@tuheto.musicart.club 199.96.166.151
    2803:20:8:202:4:9::361 2803:20:8:202:4:9::361 120.40.130.70
    StaciaAgostini8 stacia.agostini9@4e55.denythedark.quest 23.236.239.223
    202:90:107:27:60:123:43:298 202:90:107:27:60:123:43:298 120.40.130.70
    Michele30W matthewjohnson4537nzbq@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.8.181
    CheryleDearborn cheryledearborn57@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    7891 7891@farironalds.com 120.40.130.70
    DeloresOgilvie3 laquitasci91@gmx.com 147.90.234.30
    EmilieBodiford emiliebodiford@fdbb.biopsynetwork.store 23.236.239.235
    NatalieSides4 nataliesides44@slow.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    vagahoc175 vagahoc175@slotbeer.com 120.40.130.70
    DeloresOgilvie3 laquitasci91@gmx.com 173.237.206.68
    2804:2984:9516:00:979:1:52:87 2804:2984:9516:00:979:1:52:87 120.40.130.70
    202:267:02:414:0:000:0:4 202:267:02:414:0:000:0:4 120.40.130.70
    John j8560118@gmail.com 2601:147:4880:70:5:19:807:68
    GenevaMullaly3 genevamullaly98@trick.veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    2001:7:80:514:541:774:5:990 2001:7:80:514:541:774:5:990 120.40.130.70
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 178.20.44.82
    Maegan desertqueeen760@gmail.com 2603:8001:0:2160:4:64:76:6497
    PaulineLittlejoh sarahmiller1126gdsp@f.seoautomationpro.com 78.157.213.164
    principes principes@cialis-otc.com 5.164.193.124
    2001:4454:666:300:41:45:616:19 2001:4454:666:300:41:45:616:19 120.40.130.70
    barbaraanderson381gghd barbaraanderson381gghd@c.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.132.62
    LavonneStark11 thomasmoore8229ehqx@c.gsavps.xyz 198.20.174.140
    SabinaHales157 davidmiller53658la1@a.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.8.127
    20:200:52:5780::8:5:7249 20:200:52:5780::8:5:7249 120.40.130.70
    ShayneBody0 joshuamartin7344nexq@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 217.60.114.34
    r.ons.to.ne.ss2.8. r.ons.to.ne.ss2.8.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    maximoblundstone maximoblundstone@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.44
    FatimaSetser324 fatimasetser78@slow.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    rileytalbert4662 rileytalbert4662@bd.dns-cloud.net 217.218.152.95
    LeoraDurkin7 leoradurkin48@slow.pettin.com 144.48.52.235
    virginia-lindeman-569 virginia-lindeman-569@g.lovepettoys.shop 134.195.154.158
    2803:600:2103:9:79:8:79: 2803:600:2103:9:79:8:79: 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi267 newbloghi267@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    Georgetta21C georgettamcewan84@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.81
    pearlenepearlene6 pearlenepearlene6@retura.3mail.info 216.40.72.108
    201:0:74:4901:448:519:42:6 201:0:74:4901:448:519:42:6 120.40.130.70
    AleidaSchenk296 aleidaschenk4@.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    202:587:56:500:47:342:928:997 202:587:56:500:47:342:928:997 120.40.130.70
    2001:4455:53:800:3991:45:947:686 2001:4455:53:800:3991:45:947:686 120.40.130.70
    206:701:11:9700:5014:474:28:79 206:701:11:9700:5014:474:28:79 120.40.130.70
    AlejandrinaJenso alejandrinajenson-2144@g.lovepettoys.shop 152.232.11.43
    AlvinBeal24 alvinbeal66@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.220
    newbloghi267 newbloghi267@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    lynxraven10 lynxraven10@pb77.net 95.177.87.74
    2.4a871ae7d05d2c98d9abb595d392cd69.6f23fc7090.wbe 2.4a871ae7d05d2c98d9abb595d392cd69.6f23fc7090.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    4.be929291dfc96a0ac4152d792707f509.7d126b1b25.wbe 4.be929291dfc96a0ac4152d792707f509.7d126b1b25.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
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    1.ada0a40f5962c333e2801623c4280f57.bf3094b96a.wbe 1.ada0a40f5962c333e2801623c4280f57.bf3094b96a.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
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    2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.1505a406f6.wbe 2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.1505a406f6.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    CristineCramer7 cristinecramer9@cool.muzaco.com 191.101.114.220
    polubomu polubomu@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:99:4400:4745:29:98:6 202:1810:99:4400:4745:29:98:6 120.40.130.70
    zklummtf zklummtf@firsthidden.com 162.158.167.43
    ReneeLeija jameshernandez1653ewhf@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 64.188.11.14
    202:1810:99:4400:4745:29:98:6 202:1810:99:4400:4745:29:98:6 120.40.130.70
    dinoevans6701 dinoevans6701@bd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.44
    tomas.martins tomas.martins@compartibike.com.br 120.40.130.70
    2405:0:1306:73:704:4:80: 2405:0:1306:73:704:4:80: 120.40.130.70
    Lucille20U lucille-mathews39@usgeek.org 120.11.96.119
    mauricio.villar mauricio.villar@compartibike.com.br 120.40.130.70