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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 - 15 Apr 2026 6:33 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,299
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:03:858:4601:9804:111:85:994 202:03:858:4601:9804:111:85:994 120.40.130.70
    NigelEisenhauer nigeleisenhauer24@among.ehomu.com 196.198.13.114
    p.etrt.ata.r.skyh.om.e.wor.k.1987.2.2.05 p.etrt.ata.r.skyh.om.e.wor.k.1987.2.2.05@gmail.com 185.194.178.31
    JaymeNgr671403 optimiz.a.ti.o.n.s.art.s.4g.qng.ra.cf.qx@gmail.com 45.135.33.217
    AntwanManns367 antwanmanns@pertomail.top 91.223.133.184
    RethaHorseman jackson@solarspark.site 173.232.125.43
    vikulya-degtyareva vikulya-degtyareva@mail.ru 94.25.169.172
    JanTeague479 michaelthomas3040uo2u@travel-e-store.com 167.160.165.44
    MelanieSheehan felipavue4419@anonmails.de 79.177.145.22
    ElainePemulwuy laynemcrae@anonmails.de 177.124.1.41
    Louis49Z40 shantaedusty@solstris.com 196.196.253.94
    faustinovenetta faustinovenetta@solstris.com 172.71.158.69
    marygonzalez7125rr02 marygonzalez7125rr02@a.verifiedlinklist.com 38.154.159.112
    van-love79 van-love79@feedback.51tiemo.com 195.63.29.140
    MerleConyers425 merleconyers@gti.scoldly.com 196.51.27.62
    Samara88R8 lizabruxner@bd.dns-cloud.net 79.127.164.88
    2001:102:106:800:5:9518:501:372 2001:102:106:800:5:9518:501:372 120.40.130.70
    EmiliaBalog0 pauldavis8619xq8n@travel-e-store.com 104.129.39.25
    BenjaminCazares thomaslopez1956lxir@gsasearchengineranker.com 192.111.135.17
    nsdm nsdm@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    karinastang25 karinastang25@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 66.63.183.252
    202:8109:27:7800:5846:60:37:964 202:8109:27:7800:5846:60:37:964 120.40.130.70
    zhuravlev.yaroslav zhuravlev.yaroslav@casinotds.xyz 104.22.17.127
    francescakelly62668afy francescakelly62668afy@seoautomationpro.com 104.22.20.142
    z.am.ok.petrov.sk.y.2.0.23 z.am.ok.petrov.sk.y.2.0.23@gmail.com 158.173.155.188
    lindahernandez237bjzp lindahernandez237bjzp@f.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.23.194
    frusperhfessia1972 frusperhfessia1972@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.142
    MariMarin86 marimarin73@def.vocalmajoritynow.com 196.51.29.226
    petr.ta.t.a.r.s.ky.h.om.e.w.o.r.k1.98.7.22.0.5. petr.ta.t.a.r.s.ky.h.om.e.w.o.r.k1.98.7.22.0.5.@gm 185.194.178.30
    sarahtaylor2614kk7w sarahtaylor2614kk7w@gsasearchengineranker.shop 69.4.90.10
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    zamo.kpe.t.r.ov.sk.y2.023 zamo.kpe.t.r.ov.sk.y2.023@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:443:77:0:992:195:776:525 202:443:77:0:992:195:776:525 120.40.130.70
    RAUL unycredit@hotmail.com 95.169.228.125
    againthe againthe@cialis-otc.com 120.40.130.70
    SerenaZuniga2 finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.54.218
    MarshaZ2809 marshauther69@broad.ehomu.com 196.196.254.113
    petr.ta.t.a.r.s.ky.h.om.e.w.o.r.k1.98.7.22.0.5. petr.ta.t.a.r.s.ky.h.om.e.w.o.r.k1.98.7.22.0.5.@gm 185.194.178.36
    QPMFreya36846556 freyasodersten47@talk.muzaco.com 103.221.232.103
    202:8109:80:2500:67:4095:80:132 202:8109:80:2500:67:4095:80:132 120.40.130.70
    minerva.vinci80 minerva.vinci80@support.beachflag.click 172.71.154.179
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    202:8108:8125:100:937:70:11:395 202:8108:8125:100:937:70:11:395 120.40.130.70
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    msmirnova88 msmirnova88@list.ru 37.79.32.103
    MargaretteVanRaa margarettevanraalte1@feed.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.165
    MadonnaBoser madonnaboser96@self.ehomu.com 181.215.16.116
    p.etr.ta.tar.sk.y.homewor.k1.98.7.2.205 p.etr.ta.tar.sk.y.homewor.k1.98.7.2.205@gmail.com 172.69.23.193
    JayHolliday8 jayholliday62@scene.muzaco.com 154.16.69.146
    p.rc.lank.yzd.ar.m.a p.rc.lank.yzd.ar.m.a@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    LouiseWarby246 louisewarby77@thus.ehomu.com 144.48.52.31
    kontak-kami kontak-kami@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    202:03:858:301:700:8444:42: 202:03:858:301:700:8444:42: 120.40.130.70
    wallygrayndler wallygrayndler@slgdaily.xyz 120.40.130.70
    XILNichole nicholeneil38@mode.ehomu.com 102.165.53.252
    clearance.konsuler clearance.konsuler@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    BARBARA b.menendez@selfautoadhesivos.com 2.136.42.41
    EnriqueBojorquez leathahendrix@freundin.ru 23.236.137.149
    HansBriscoe4 kelliamber@solstris.com 103.221.232.11
    pwni.bhi pwni.bhi@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    thanhuther1191 thanhuther1191@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.134
    georgy.gennady georgy.gennady@casinotds.xyz 104.22.20.143
    pusdiklat pusdiklat@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
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    augustronan582 augustronan582@koes.justdied.com 162.158.167.133
    donaldvelasco1962 donaldvelasco1962@vargosmail.com 172.71.154.178
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