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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 - 7 Mar 2026 6:47 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,597
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    4 4@solatog.online 172.69.134.82
    oren.k oren.k@appsflyer.com 186.179.39.120
    PetraWine5 kerritahlia@solstris.com 154.16.69.149
    JuliusK5031 aprilgarlock@anonmails.de 109.248.55.91
    anneleah anneleah@solstris.com 104.22.17.127
    JacquelynShenton ariannemahn@anonmails.de 188.130.142.14
    cvjuelfm cvjuelfm@tubermail.com 172.69.134.83
    FawnX396175 elizabethmiller885643f2@travel-e-store.com 115.187.53.71
    202:842:622:601:44:9:8545:07 202:842:622:601:44:9:8545:07 120.40.130.70
    Wilburn92W wilburn.wojcik5826@epicplayblog.cc 38.62.231.158
    FlorianPal hermelindasparkman7399@adult-work.info 192.241.72.214
    202:80:4244:2793:327:886:578:70 202:80:4244:2793:327:886:578:70 120.40.130.70
    NDRZora606 markgarcia4555gj2m@f.seoautomationpro.com 152.232.165.228
    annettstallworth63 annettstallworth63@talk.muzaco.com 104.22.20.235
    bettienewsome16 bettienewsome16@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.71.158.69
    202:3100:217:2900:059:174:64:48 202:3100:217:2900:059:174:64:48 120.40.130.70
    roslynwilding roslynwilding@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    hdvinmc hdvinmc@gamil.com 2001:569:32:6700:992:334:35:796
    NedThomson4034 ned.ned75@hudone.television.pics 65.111.21.239
    Austin5179 austin.austin@xoxoro.fckmail.online 104.207.38.6
    2804:14:323:577:252:33:803:76 2804:14:323:577:252:33:803:76 120.40.130.70
    marthavern marthavern@solstris.com 172.71.154.178
    LinneaHeadlam30 felixbeich@anonmails.de 5.196.78.175
    20:698:502:41:555:4942:29:6687 20:698:502:41:555:4942:29:6687 120.40.130.70
    Marcelino24F magdaterrance@solstris.com 191.101.92.60
    AugustinaFinnert augustinafinnerty@ramenbetgames13.top 72.56.152.124
    Jake85095551751 rajniyei@duhastmail.com 176.108.221.179
    bicwpkfk bicwpkfk@tubermail.com 172.69.23.193
    ChristenaR thomasjohnson3868sew@e.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.165.236
    karolinpratten30 karolinpratten30@tupu.lyvix.org 172.69.134.82
    2806:264:448:335:93:5457:200:734 2806:264:448:335:93:5457:200:734 120.40.130.70
    rixdtkaw rixdtkaw@ronaldofmail.com 172.69.23.194
    RondaLemmo johnjohnson1385yzy@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.60.60
    PromotionTox l.en.a.g.o.p.k.alo7.3.@gmail.com 151.106.8.99
    SiennaSchiffman jessicarodriguez3901r0z@d.blog-stuff.com 156.241.221.171
    eunicelazenby1985 eunicelazenby1985@hidebox.org 104.22.17.126
    ChristyGue richardjackson6194wukv@b.travel-e-store.com 152.232.160.132
    MaryHogarth maryhogarth@ramenbetgames13.top 72.56.157.238
    NumbersDechaineu wifmjlashawna@gmx.com 178.175.140.221
    chetkirkwood560 chetkirkwood560@anonmails.de 172.71.158.69
    CarmonLamontagne carmon-lamontagne@epicplayblog.cc 131.108.19.32
    rpop-test96 rpop-test96@giacarearing.tk 45.66.209.232
    e.v.e.re.t.t.ep.i.ns.ch.o.f21.3 e.v.e.re.t.t.ep.i.ns.ch.o.f21.3@e9fe.1rmmail.top (empty)
    EmersonMaria emersonmaria@ramenbetgames13.top 72.56.152.69
    isisgomez isisgomez@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.194
    cleantalk cleantalk@electroncash.de 172.69.134.82
    DuaneReimann mammieveaterozi@gmx.com 178.175.140.221
    loviesweatman loviesweatman@now.mefound.com 162.158.167.133
    NereidaNeubauer whandlungebxr80@nestmailbox.com 192.157.56.243
    ChristoperStratt wintact08r80@nestmailbox.com 192.186.131.144
    jennifersmith6866fu3k jennifersmith6866fu3k@c.travel-e-store.com 104.22.17.126
    patsyulm.6249 patsyulm.6249@lgmail.biz.id 162.158.167.134
    VicenteFranklin juliustweten96@gmx.com 178.175.140.221
    viniciussantosdemorais2002 viniciussantosdemorais2002@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    louannebarwell4 louannebarwell4@8dcf.novagroup.biz 104.22.20.234
    JacquesSpain8 dessiecarla@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    2804:14:882:804:591:909:53: 2804:14:882:804:591:909:53: 120.40.130.70
    jfm-assessoriacontabil jfm-assessoriacontabil@hotmail.com 120.40.130.70
    brittnyche brittny-cherry50@netsecuremail.xyz 65.111.22.88
    NewtonReasoner8 alvinseymour@solstris.com 102.165.54.4
    2804:48:03:5600:918:83:694:333 2804:48:03:5600:918:83:694:333 120.40.130.70
    info info@pribrezhnyj.ru 120.40.130.70
    NilaSizer wkuteuabzr81@nestmailbox.com 192.186.129.102
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::794 2001:410:701:1100::794 120.40.130.70
    SethDarbyshire7 sethdarbyshire96@list.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.252
    MinnaGlenelg3 minnaglenelg49@talk.muzaco.com 191.101.92.175
    stevengonzalez42691nza stevengonzalez42691nza@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 192.186.173.130
    courtneystephanie courtneystephanie@solstris.com 172.69.23.194
    2804:70:900:749:32:493:970:389 2804:70:900:749:32:493:970:389 120.40.130.70
    viniciussantosdemorais2002 viniciussantosdemorais2002@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Brittany67 gudrun@quantumnest.lat 139.255.63.170
    DarcyWight karabarnett311@f2pools.info 192.198.100.151