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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 - 23 Aug 2026 10:46 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,007
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    vrmbrlvqdpa vrmbrlvqdpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    lelacollin lelacollings-3409@mailtech.ro 91.211.87.21
    hfhcayamqsa hfhcayamqsa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    rjxgpivdhKn rjxgpivdhKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    FinlayReading36 finlayreading8@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.224
    hugo.hugo57 hugo.hugo57@jipote.mailr.click 91.246.51.38
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    anthonylopez7321ejdj anthonylopez7321ejdj@swartluxury258.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kelliebackhouse6093 kelliebackhouse6093@t2-gmail.eu.cc 120.40.130.70
    ypthcyrnren ypthcyrnren@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    2606:500:9001:71:14:16:37:634 2606:500:9001:71:14:16:37:634 120.40.130.70
    jvrjsuftbMl jvrjsuftbMl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    christopherhernandez7930li10 christopherhernandez7930li10@gsasearchengineranker 120.40.130.70
    eebmudcunMi eebmudcunMi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    philg448 philg448@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    philg446 philg446@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    OlivaGottschalk olivagottschalk35@thus.ehomu.com 102.165.53.252
    Cortney4164 cortneyhouchens46@slow.pettin.com 181.215.16.238
    philg447 philg447@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    traci.traci83 traci.traci83@mamihi.pasta.beer 93.177.94.241
    lljoulybiMl lljoulybiMl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    pkbterohuen pkbterohuen@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    JoesphMcEa joesph.joesph@silowo.carshop.work 77.83.27.22
    da.uil.iu.6 da.uil.iu.6@gmail.com 170.199.229.59
    jenni-brooks jenni-brooks@bogatyrova.org.ua 186.54.242.198
    loriyanjnMl loriyanjnMl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    flaybika flaybika@caskiomna.fun 120.40.130.70
    oisiactrrMl oisiactrrMl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    qqpfcvmhpOt qqpfcvmhpOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    rglqxhulnpa rglqxhulnpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    nillop nillop@asylum.run 104.23.221.144
    tbziyruigMi tbziyruigMi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    BrittneyMargolin brittney.margolin@yahoo.com 102.129.223.92
    OmaRedmon6627 omaredmon96@slow.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    CasimiraWo charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.8.127
    newbloghi33 newbloghi33@blogranks.top 2.57.23.236
    JoelLeckie99830 joelleckie98@deny.milkgg.com 154.16.69.76
    reeftulip reeftulip@55bets.de 120.40.130.70
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    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2601:800:201:4320:42:03:47:1 2601:800:201:4320:42:03:47:1 120.40.130.70
    PatriciaBurkhart patriciaburkhart41@lower.ehomu.com 154.16.69.76
    janetperera96 janetperera96@gmai.com 120.40.130.70
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    newbloghi186 newbloghi186@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
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    IZQAnnetta annettamilliner67@yell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.173
    TuyetVenning859 stevenwilson59565mq3@b.mustdoindubai.com 38.154.81.3
    qbgteuogfen qbgteuogfen@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TiaMcConnan7 tiamcconnan65@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.252