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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 - 20 Feb 2026 2:01 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,706
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    204:4540:1606:300:14:27:909:48 204:4540:1606:300:14:27:909:48 120.40.130.70
    tauhidinomics tauhidinomics@uinjkt.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    rama rama@uinjkt.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    s.oy.z.z.do.r.o.vi.a.8.9 s.oy.z.z.do.r.o.vi.a.8.9@gmail.com (empty)
    EfrenQsm8586 patriciamartin7015mqve@bestvpsfor.xyz 192.186.173.140
    emma.digitalhub emma.digitalhub@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    SethDelamothe9 seth.delamothe@vodka-777-spinwin.buzz 72.56.157.198
    erik-hertzler1 erik-hertzler1@aca4.rshrthertherth.net 167.160.75.237
    Vlimglopbus vlimglop@smallbutnaughty.com 109.165.17.37
    altug.ceylan altug.ceylan@dt.net.tr 120.40.130.70
    TrentBaecker380 wmurrphybaybee62r79@nestmailbox.com 38.154.68.218
    karmagott5797 karmagott5797@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.135.5
    vincejolly vincejolly@viavuive.net 172.69.23.193
    ZackColson6774 zack.colson6651@vodka-777-spinwin.buzz 72.56.190.103
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    paateba paateba@cialis-otc.com 5.3.217.122
    ukeagle ukeagle@cialis-otc.com 107.172.18.149
    ErnestoTisdall ernestotisdall@vodka-777-spinwin.buzz 72.56.152.200
    6318043019 6318043019@tmomail.net 186.179.39.85
    Kristofer40I watterrito2rr79@nestmailbox.com 107.175.205.42
    ocultados ocultados@cialis-otc.com 172.71.154.178
    werso085500iu werso085500iu@rambler.ru 154.47.16.119
    mykoabsw mykoabsw@ronaldofmail.com 185.255.126.11
    JudiBlevins8559 shellyloehr@mailmenot.io 188.130.219.173
    worldofgame2000 worldofgame2000@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LauraSlaughter kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.242.195.231
    coytudawali coytudawali@anonmails.de 172.71.158.69
    jajang.jengi18 jajang.jengi18@mhs.uinjkt.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    AdelePierre8 elizabethtaylor7669ogbs@a.gsavps.xyz 221.214.120.225
    david.a.doan.satx david.a.doan.satx@gmail.com 72.190.166.162
    edmundo-bernays53 edmundo-bernays53@digitalparcels.xyz 104.22.17.126
    denisemockridge denisemockridge@anonmails.de 172.69.109.111
    Thomasbox jeffreyzaiser1990@vargosmail.com 176.56.177.139
    jeramyback jeramyback@deajeng.store 172.71.154.179
    trinahornick30 trinahornick30@e6ce.rshrthertherth.net 147.75.34.105
    zahannahexaxd zahannahexaxd@vip.163.com 23.247.136.254
    rpop-test81 rpop-test81@bubbpinhalppo.ml 193.202.12.180
    202:267:04:4146:0:4000:0:9 202:267:04:4146:0:4000:0:9 120.40.130.70
    wfundal7r79 wfundal7r79@nestmailbox.com 196.51.36.103
    WillLapham259 a.n.gelba.i.lbo.nd.s202.2@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    iylgdofhrPi iylgdofhrPi@bounce3d.store 65.109.29.184
    hr hr@osmi-it.ru 120.40.130.70
    FMZLucienne lucienne.lucienne38@gebuja.pasta.beer 209.50.174.199
    MaxKinchela0264 maxkinchela63@wild.ehomu.com 191.96.95.36
    rosiesunseri6033 rosiesunseri6033@adult-work.info 104.22.17.127
    akiragreco49229 akiragreco49229@b.seoautomationpro.com 39.70.149.107
    JonelleClaudio kelliamber@solstris.com 23.94.32.247
    vrcqwrjxlPi vrcqwrjxlPi@bounce3d.store 46.8.23.101
    xhkqjvuauPi xhkqjvuauPi@bounce3d.store 109.248.15.99
    ioxwokjgvPi ioxwokjgvPi@bounce3d.store 95.182.127.83
    MaybelleNakamura junkodwayne@solstris.com 107.175.152.81
    cruzpaxton info@blackhatseo.co.in 184.178.172.14
    202:1810:129:3400:0:8125:545:88 202:1810:129:3400:0:8125:545:88 120.40.130.70
    xuxulsoe xuxulsoe@wildbmail.com 172.69.135.6
    202:1810:8487:8600:555:5082:1933: 202:1810:8487:8600:555:5082:1933: 120.40.130.70
    mainbranchappointments mainbranchappointments@ascentcu.com 120.40.130.70
    CaraDuggan89 caraduggan22@thus.ehomu.com 23.95.204.41
    kerstinhardesty2258 kerstinhardesty2258@hotbird.giize.com 196.240.254.212
    northbranchappointments northbranchappointments@ascentcu.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:8487:8600:555:5082:1933: 202:1810:8487:8600:555:5082:1933: 120.40.130.70
    KentonMack588 wmalinox5r79@nestmailbox.com 38.154.68.253
    RichardAware pawubale892@gmail.com 89.110.116.127
    braydenlovelady8210 braydenlovelady8210@discolive.site 196.196.222.11
    gitadrost gitadrost@termgame.net 162.158.167.134
    virgiex296 virgie-maurer@use.beachtenenglisch.click 109.122.24.41
    tamikeyser3349 tamikeyser3349@spambog.ru 162.158.167.133
    SkyeDowling fdfhmpkb@bekommenmail.com 64.31.20.24
    kthompson01718 kthompson01718@gmail.com 104.22.20.235
    JannetteBurden7 damianhides5712@mailmenot.io 95.182.127.105
    bernardwenzel bernardwenzel@wuuvo.com 194.233.70.123
    josephrumsey2226 josephrumsey2226@mailmenot.io 188.130.129.129