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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 Aug 2026 4:12 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,172
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bbstsafrqki bbstsafrqki@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    Christena0835 christenamark20@dear.mxdood.com 144.48.52.102
    202:267:98:440:0:5000:0:1 202:267:98:440:0:5000:0:1 120.40.130.70
    shietenpu shietenpu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Linnie78K237 markmartinez2300jocs@c.travel-e-store.com 152.232.218.241
    202:03:9574:4701:4977:178:864:7 202:03:9574:4701:4977:178:864:7 120.40.130.70
    VDHChris7755 chrispendergrass73@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.54.212
    CierraFoskett7 cierra.foskett@mailtech.ro 188.214.227.33
    200:136:320:00:967:68:8:72 200:136:320:00:967:68:8:72 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    LoydQnh549000 loydshuman50@brick.pettin.com 181.215.16.116
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    marla2183 marla2183@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    TressaNajera4 tressanajera1@put.pettin.com 181.215.16.161
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    JaiBelcher75608 juliennedakota@solstris.com 196.198.13.152
    CecilNance jessicamiller5489bwu9@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 31.58.22.12
    MicheleLance3 richardwilson77548mpq@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.103.243
    Aurora17X65 janbeatriz@solstris.com 196.198.13.114
    Arina veronacollaborations@gmail.com 202:208:17:00:57:7:8128:1
    NigelSaxon8 colejohnson@injkrea.xyz 196.51.63.228
    SilviaMims07163 silviamims92@link.pettin.com 207.148.65.68
    JocelynWelton jocelynwelton5@lab.milkgg.com 207.148.65.68
    mozellebuzzacarini95 mozellebuzzacarini95@healthypplevery.org 141.164.86.49
    HelenaTomholt6 dorothywalke@injkrea.xyz 38.154.186.194
    TommiePenn90801 ellieharriso@injkrea.xyz 196.51.143.194
    LidiaTellez77 lidiatellez57@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.9
    Marsha05B97 colejohnson@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.182
    mayflowerrampant mayflowerrampantgno@slappergiraffe.site 31.7.63.34
    202:03:9574:4701:4977:178:864:7 202:03:9574:4701:4977:178:864:7 120.40.130.70
    ThadCallender0 christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    mollie-wadham70 mollie-wadham70@healthypplevery.org 72.14.92.8
    2227325964 2227325964@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8084:611:380:34:1154:441:69 202:8084:611:380:34:1154:441:69 120.40.130.70
    202:03:9574:4701:4977:178:864:7 202:03:9574:4701:4977:178:864:7 120.40.130.70
    domain domain@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    ToshaGarden70 toshagarden19@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.235
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    ThomasDemaine36 thomasdemaine76@fast.veauly.com 102.165.55.40
    AlishaRodarte78 alisharodarte91@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.200
    juniorpinkham34 juniorpinkham34@cow.pettin.com 206.232.5.120
    AudraVenuti909 audravenuti89@act.milkgg.com 191.101.92.9
    dillongare dillon-garey-2649@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.146
    gwenbugden gwenbugden@9885.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.95
    bcmneha bcmneha@gmial.com 120.40.130.70
    AI_Developer_E abraham@ai-development-services.com 144.124.244.26
    3522470006 3522470006@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    ALRAnnie02 annieannie27@rumone.durovmail.cv 194.180.236.171
    semin.ekeke semin.ekeke@tekfen.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    etikhat etikhat@tekfen.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    surdurulebilirlik surdurulebilirlik@tekfen.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ethics ethics@tekfen.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    lilyparker lilyparker0015@gmail.com 112.196.64.37
    75904810 75904810@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    rapeepan.boo rapeepan.boo@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    thamatat.chi thamatat.chi@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    dussa.cho dussa.cho@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    monsicha.pin monsicha.pin@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    fxtiiwbhtSn fxtiiwbhtSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    kanyapak.son kanyapak.son@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    prisana.aka prisana.aka@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:808:6:196:11 202:8108:8125:100:808:6:196:11 120.40.130.70
    pimmada.won pimmada.won@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    paveena.won paveena.won@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    75904810 75904810@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    chanunchida.pet chanunchida.pet@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    Hazel01Z1847084 hazelcarbajal99@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.175
    songwut.int songwut.int@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    prawee.pal prawee.pal@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    2406:3003:2005:72:3124:8:14:213 2406:3003:2005:72:3124:8:14:213 120.40.130.70
    TristaLty98446 tristaloggins50@nut.mxdood.com 154.16.69.146
    harit.tho harit.tho@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    supachok.san supachok.san@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    sawarat.tan sawarat.tan@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
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