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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 - 28 May 2026 12:06 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,542
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    masoncrocker64 masoncrocker64@inquiries.travellersrest.click 162.158.167.134
    maribjimenez maribjimenez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    dsk753reof dsk753reof@roulette-analyser.com 172.69.134.84
    r.ad.n.ey.9.02 r.ad.n.ey.9.02@gmail.com 92.119.36.118
    PhillisBramblett phillisbramblett65@slow.pettin.com 144.48.52.206
    Minerva6783 minervapoore20@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.34
    iquepons iquepons@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    cargutierrez cargutierrez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    afernandez afernandez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    jayme.jayme73 jayme.jayme73@jupaje.commumail.xyz 162.158.167.133
    wendi.cleburne9410 wendi.cleburne9410@eplayfortuna-spinrush.com 172.69.134.84
    luisgarcia luisgarcia@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    tommyalice49 tommyalice49@stuff.mxdood.com 172.71.154.178
    jack.false.detective jack.false.detective@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    prensa prensa@congreso.gob.pe 120.40.130.70
    cilopez cilopez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    tyqtdmgovn tyqtdmgovn@rambler.ru 79.127.175.103
    Mckenzie41V mckenziewillison37@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.54.7
    SimaNoriega6102 simanoriega75@toy.pettin.com 196.196.254.113
    pdenis pdenis@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:596:89:24:818 202:8108:8125:100:596:89:24:818 120.40.130.70
    AshleeSchlapp41 davidlopez51184@seoautomationpro.com 192.126.206.120
    conradwhite3123 conradwhite3123@shopaccmmo.com 172.71.158.167
    kiers kiers@uol.com.br 120.40.130.70
    budmateusz budmateusz@interia.pl 146.19.125.67
    arnulfo.menzies1179 arnulfo.menzies1179@play-fortuna-tyo.top 104.22.17.127
    rtovar rtovar@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    zkrqomynuf zkrqomynuf@rambler.ru 104.22.17.127
    xrumer23jouri xrumer23jouri@andro-players.com 45.144.30.187
    c.l.i.ni.c.for.h.im.7.6 c.l.i.ni.c.for.h.im.7.6@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    dimanoyopa dimanoyopa@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    SamuelJackson samueljackson78@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.81
    andrew5077 andrew5077@letter42.com 172.71.154.178
    202:8108:8125:100:596:89:24:818 202:8108:8125:100:596:89:24:818 120.40.130.70
    DeneenZ40891613 arturoshannan@solstris.com 177.234.143.137
    collin-pickel91 collin-pickel91@181d.scalesurge.io 104.22.17.127
    vivianfollansbee vivianfollansbee@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.178
    SheilaNao468985 sheilahenschke32@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    ronvallejo68 ronvallejo68@hell.milkgg.com 162.158.167.133
    shanamendes shanamendes@tempr.email 172.69.23.194
    zxxtjlyu zxxtjlyu@bekommenmail.com 172.69.23.193
    HoneyRose26 hceg8732@gmail.com 2603:8000:4002:318:0:232:335:709
    wendywendy wendywendy@puniyi.pokemonica.online 172.71.154.179
    karenbrown1753q1p5 karenbrown1753q1p5@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.20.143
    rogermayer60 rogermayer60@beer.pettin.com 162.158.167.133
    joyce.matamoros9032 joyce.matamoros9032@latbet.click 95.182.125.18
    mellissase mellissaseale@work4me.store 35.255.42.166
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    celsa.celsa58 celsa.celsa58@figozu.peabody.center 172.71.154.178
    chassidyjeffrey52 chassidyjeffrey52@delvor.nexanta.eu 172.71.154.179
    wendi.llamas wendi.llamas@9885.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.179
    maryjackson7923x5ib maryjackson7923x5ib@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.158.167
    pilarpartl pilar.partlow1424@work4me.store 35.255.42.166
    marcelomichaud35 marcelomichaud35@getwisetransfer.click 172.71.154.179
    Diego dicamon84@hotmail.com 20:587:404:6700:0:580:877:52
    juancolorado02 juancolorado02@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    foster.michaels foster.michaels@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.193
    alagarcia alagarcia@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    AdeleSchuler56 adeleschuler64@deny.milkgg.com 177.234.143.121
    jormorales jormorales@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    alarco alarco@congreso.gob.pe 120.40.130.70
    erashkin erashkin@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    rargumedo rargumedo@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    elramirez elramirez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    guimendoza guimendoza@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    mamunguia mamunguia@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    jcruz jcruz@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    ostapia ostapia@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    irmendez irmendez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    angamboa angamboa@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    cwelsh cwelsh@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    hreyes hreyes@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    evargas evargas@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    erzamora erzamora@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    joe-lizotte-4377 joe-lizotte-4377@zhoufan160.ccrokc.click 120.40.130.70
    parmenta parmenta@uv.mx 120.40.130.70