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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 - 18 Dec 2025 12:50 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,833
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1810:92:900:55:973:768:102 202:1810:92:900:55:973:768:102 120.40.130.70
    shay-simmel-pirkle90 shay-simmel-pirkle90@healthypplevery.org 147.53.114.44
    darryl-callender darryl-callender@getanswer.hotelpost.click 172.71.154.179
    proteccion.datos proteccion.datos@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    ventas.posgrado ventas.posgrado@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    KassieJ624265186 alain.villarreal@web.de 46.151.24.148
    sales sales@newquist.tidbuy.com (empty)
    gzambrano gzambrano@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    sreyes sreyes@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    odiaz odiaz@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    LPSDieter6923 dieterbynum32@self.ehomu.com 191.101.109.107
    equispe equispe@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    revistacontabilidadynegocios revistacontabilidadynegocios@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    fduarte fduarte@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    rsantia rsantia@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    toledo.ej toledo.ej@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    qpflowers-485472-wkdd qpflowers-485472-wkdd@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    rdelpozo rdelpozo@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    rubyegrimm rubyegrimm@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.69
    ccadm ccadm@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    MaeSalo28782308 maesalo44@river.muzaco.com 196.242.20.248
    kelliexy1 kelliexy1@cdns210.dhi30.globalmail-apac.digital 108.59.12.41
    felica.viera.5625 felica.viera.5625@topcompanygroup.com 91.186.214.147
    murielle.thinardmclane murielle.thinardmclane@intusurg.com 120.40.130.70
    buzon15 buzon15@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    DarrenGub dailytrendspot@bonggdalu.site 103.157.204.34
    msacosta msacosta@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    practicaderecho practicaderecho@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    MaryannePontius dessiecarla@solstris.com 196.240.143.47
    internacionalizacion-derecho internacionalizacion-derecho@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    essieshang9384 essieshang9384@mailmenot.io 172.69.23.69
    expedientesderecho expedientesderecho@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    eticaybienestar-derecho eticaybienestar-derecho@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    zaidanittleo9187 zaidanittleo@hotmail.com 72.207.33.64
    Focusugd jwside1@outlook.com 98.170.57.231
    JedGehlert jedgehlert@agrovideo.com.br 142.111.72.198
    lingroth lingroth@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.44
    Flukebrh marygcarver@yahoo.com 66.42.224.229
    kgarcia kgarcia@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    SherryCurry8363 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.242.195.133
    fnovak fnovak@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    boza.g boza.g@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    Flukebrh marygcarver@yahoo.com 74.119.147.209
    ivan.meini ivan.meini@pucp.edu.pe 120.40.130.70
    2803:9810:44:708:35:679:1:51 2803:9810:44:708:35:679:1:51 120.40.130.70
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    2804:1040:02:5300:457:156:576: 2804:1040:02:5300:457:156:576: 120.40.130.70
    2804:70:582:76:81:548:718:302 2804:70:582:76:81:548:718:302 120.40.130.70
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    2804:14:385:3:58:3309:219:7222 2804:14:385:3:58:3309:219:7222 120.40.130.70
    SadieJervois0 sadie-jervois88@1ae2.oviscore.com 130.49.78.26
    202:469:75:0:1843:338:80:658 202:469:75:0:1843:338:80:658 120.40.130.70
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    2804:56:27:00:896:12:19:953 2804:56:27:00:896:12:19:953 120.40.130.70
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    2804:90:211:400:7409:54:161:5 2804:90:211:400:7409:54:161:5 120.40.130.70
    2804:70:463:468:3531:62:58:057 2804:70:463:468:3531:62:58:057 120.40.130.70
    2804:70:920:2251:903:4914:453:446 2804:70:920:2251:903:4914:453:446 120.40.130.70
    2804:5:51:700:41:4041::6 2804:5:51:700:41:4041::6 120.40.130.70
    2800:0:431:010:5074:13:5406:736 2800:0:431:010:5074:13:5406:736 120.40.130.70
    2804:1:3048:00:906::4:8 2804:1:3048:00:906::4:8 120.40.130.70
    CareyNeighbour carey.neighbour@f51d.oviscore.com 170.168.173.87
    nujikosedredses nujikosedredses@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    Sima07V63251 simasima@yajaro.blogbliss.site 193.233.221.165
    hwabirkbeck6129 hwabirkbeck6129@anonmails.de 172.71.159.81
    2003:6:37:678:448:8271:797:679 2003:6:37:678:448:8271:797:679 120.40.130.70
    JosefinaCrittend josefinajosefina64@kageze.mailbook.xyz 194.180.237.151
    fantasticinformation fantasticinformation@inbox.lv 172.71.159.81
    Della09V85 dellaemery83@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.250.220
    andrewyoung andrewyoung@rus-china.travel 185.181.246.237
    2601:902:4200:1320:4:68:112:832 2601:902:4200:1320:4:68:112:832 120.40.130.70
    nyhujikos nyhujikos@anonmails.de 45.135.33.159
    sonlivingston9967 sonlivingston9967@mailcatch.com 172.69.23.70
    ElveraMcmullen1 elveramcmullen15@river.muzaco.com 196.240.143.106
    concettanettles3520 concettanettles3520@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 104.22.20.179