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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 - 27 Aug 2026 4:26 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,248
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    200:041:415:00:5097:7876:784:45 200:041:415:00:5097:7876:784:45 120.40.130.70
    psflqgqsbka psflqgqsbka@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    DuaneHenninger duanehenninger39@dear.mxdood.com 181.215.16.216
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    andrea.schmidt-schwonbeck andrea.schmidt-schwonbeck@inros-lackner.de 120.40.130.70
    GeraldineRobeson jenniewoodworth@8.dnsabr.com 205.147.16.73
    CarlotaSmorgon3 leonreva@solstris.com 23.81.230.194
    VickieRusconi vickierusconi6@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.55.131
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    leifwhelan5339 leifwhelan5339@anonmails.de 168.196.239.32
    201:9700:86:300:5900:761:012:403 201:9700:86:300:5900:761:012:403 120.40.130.70
    elizabethhernandez127jn6c elizabethhernandez127jn6c@gsasearchengineranker.gu 172.69.135.14
    anausasdz220 anausasdz@yahoo.com 202.133.88.173
    Josephavals lin.k.s.8.9.ma.s.t.@gmail.com 173.212.245.136
    wasvcrcnbml wasvcrcnbml@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ysmxyzwepy ysmxyzwepy@rambler.ru 98.159.36.4
    NanceeDyd patriciajones75027q03w@b.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.9.15
    MinnaKraker26 colinbogart6337@spambog.ru 103.106.238.18
    waai8stccwnc waai8stccwnc@mail.ru 172.69.23.184
    20:200:10:940:1:67:4:5 20:200:10:940:1:67:4:5 120.40.130.70
    tnmmyrlgmKa tnmmyrlgmKa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    2804:1:17:9700:78:526:889:317 2804:1:17:9700:78:526:889:317 120.40.130.70
    abdul-carpentier abdul-carpentier@7d94.emailma.store 104.22.18.54
    xbmpobbxiOn xbmpobbxiOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    bthztwawdOn bthztwawdOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    Madie0641146170 madie-madie35@xevuci.wisecook.xyz 216.40.72.207
    ogjnwxzhvKa ogjnwxzhvKa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    zsrrkqjwgml zsrrkqjwgml@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    LorrineNav tom2@realestateseopro.com 91.237.124.149
    all.am.a.sl.ova.2.0.7.7. all.am.a.sl.ova.2.0.7.7.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ShereeQgb3087482 shereepettigrew49@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    202:1810:8474:7100:756:8662:435:97 202:1810:8474:7100:756:8662:435:97 120.40.130.70
    AntonyTarenorere andrewmartin409qeve@c.gsavps.xyz 217.60.120.167
    newbloghi37 newbloghi37@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    suscripciones.revistacortes suscripciones.revistacortes@congreso.es 120.40.130.70
    lydajarnagin lydajarnagin@b.cr.cloudns.asia 107.175.26.98
    20:6204:342:00:1502:37:1411:691 20:6204:342:00:1502:37:1411:691 120.40.130.70
    ijikejhyqOn ijikejhyqOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    AdamEskridge karenmoore3732jmw@d.welcometotijuana.com 217.60.120.249
    newbloghi37 newbloghi37@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    l.ink.s89.ma.s.t l.ink.s89.ma.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    mohammedso mohammed-southee-6014@jco-donuts.com 191.96.252.48
    olliehillman olliehillman@anonmails.de 188.130.188.65
    Holdon keit-sidorova02412@rambler.ru 193.111.117.119
    vkihqdsveMn vkihqdsveMn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
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    202:03:8800:500:0:99:110:54 202:03:8800:500:0:99:110:54 120.40.130.70
    YoungPrimeaux44 youngprimeaux60@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.55.131
    signature signature@iartun.com 104.22.18.54
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    vhczjoocvk vhczjoocvk@rambler.ru 98.159.36.4
    zirconi81 zirconi81@absroma.it 200.71.127.62
    Cirilli7192mvp Cirilli7192mvp@trysmarttraveller.click 172.69.23.183
    helen helen@infantology.baby 162.158.167.44
    lula-bisbee lula-bisbee@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.184
    ffxytupobOn ffxytupobOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    DeeWillie693 kelliamber@solstris.com 102.165.55.133
    CindaVelazquez barryboykin@kenari.online 205.147.16.73
    Jillian1536 jillianpendleton1536@t2.dudleyplumbingfix.com 198.245.66.100
    2804:14:32:841:413:92:483:8 2804:14:32:841:413:92:483:8 120.40.130.70
    pennitunnecliffe6473 pennitunnecliffe6473@anonmails.de 172.69.23.184
    gerg-all gerg-all@mail.ru 193.218.138.82
    runt196979 runt196979@gmail.co 146.19.125.70
    kezbkutwqml kezbkutwqml@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ArronPackard08 arronpackard51@talk.muzaco.com 144.48.52.206
    2804:720:71:4500:948::274:477 2804:720:71:4500:948::274:477 120.40.130.70
    dennyfiocomico dennyfiocomico@take-ur-vites.org 139.180.3.183