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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 - 3 Oct 2025 4:50 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,212
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    abesalom abesalom@pochta.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4294:52:54:97:37:32 2001:0:4294:52:54:97:37:32 120.40.130.70
    BevLavater4245 claribelbinion@8.dnsabr.com 82.24.242.254
    LucioShowalter5 lucioshowalter@vory.crossandgarlic.com 77.246.99.200
    PTWNathan1 nathantenney52@mobilecarwash.nyc 23.108.93.157
    koralle368 koralle368@nebulanexus.site 94.158.190.240
    2804:3908:803:00:31:5:630:20 2804:3908:803:00:31:5:630:20 120.40.130.70
    AidanGarnett allisonoddo1407@now.mefound.com 82.29.245.219
    vsflorova vsflorova@pochta.ru 120.40.130.70
    2409:403:1034:553:7572:214:9058:277 2409:403:1034:553:7572:214:9058:277 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:434:52:937:314:96:2 2001:0:434:52:937:314:96:2 120.40.130.70
    MireyaVan7153 jarvis@g.cosmiccircuit.store 66.212.27.16
    2001:0:511:159:755:266:64:57 2001:0:511:159:755:266:64:57 120.40.130.70
    full.rose1581 full.rose1581@fastmail.com 104.23.166.159
    SherlynGaytan66 sherlyngaytan@ayw.crossandgarlic.com 77.246.99.200
    201:599:41:164:160:99:715:8 201:599:41:164:160:99:715:8 120.40.130.70
    202:8084:445:80:948:65:8324:2 202:8084:445:80:948:65:8324:2 120.40.130.70
    DanialUqd84 danialsoubeiran27@blar.makingdomes.com 77.246.99.200
    RoyDedman2 augustinachampion@1mail.x24hr.com 104.239.41.175
    aerostructures.info.hu aerostructures.info.hu@mubea.com 120.40.130.70
    angelabachus angelabachus@discardmail.com 37.120.156.24
    xrumedorich xrumedorich@anonmails.de 45.145.118.185
    RobertoTew junkodwayne@solstris.com 38.62.231.178
    ludmila.semenova ludmila.semenova@russianpost.ru 120.40.130.70
    LeopoldoPressley finlaylynette@solstris.com 45.95.117.168
    LeonieLillibridg leonieleonie7@wileci.pretoria.pro 142.111.70.58
    EleanoreFrome7 eleanorefrome37@rakiy.m8sbeingm8s.com 196.51.76.223
    AmyErskine amy.erskine6032@auroraslots.website 149.126.217.55
    TamStv0523701 robertwright1958@iatromathemafml.com 109.248.14.14
    AndreCharbonneau andrecharbonneau@ramenbetgames13.top 149.126.222.174
    gejdariva84 gejdariva84@bk.ru 176.59.162.183
    AlphonseLilley alphonselilley@auroraslots.website 149.126.217.235
    JessMilerum robertwright1958@iatromathemafml.com 46.8.110.16
    202:1810:44:2700:083:61:693:868 202:1810:44:2700:083:61:693:868 120.40.130.70
    TiaraFetherstonh julius@a.lifesaver.makeup 192.126.177.32
    IrvinEmmett7243 irvin-emmett@auroraslots.website 149.126.221.127
    e8geu e8geu@goshop1888.shop 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:472:5:43:2:66:739 2001:0:472:5:43:2:66:739 120.40.130.70
    2408:8720:800:522:18:: 2408:8720:800:522:18:: 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:423:95:7:2310:877:1228 2001:0:423:95:7:2310:877:1228 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23Erese xrumer23Erese@prohabits.es 185.72.199.129
    2001:0:4255:79:9058:36:254:156 2001:0:4255:79:9058:36:254:156 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:472:499:598:4:753:88 2001:0:472:499:598:4:753:88 120.40.130.70
    inspirationeducational inspirationeducational@gmail.com 172.68.154.141
    JamiConners9465 jami-conners5871@auroraslots.website 149.126.219.192
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    southernpremierroofing243 southernpremierroofing243@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    hilton hilton@i.cosmiccluster.store 192.126.140.20
    Louislah okna.master.vitebsk@gmail.com 45.88.106.84
    KatherinaHarpole emalia@m.muscle-building.club 38.170.206.90
    2001:0:43:784:403:177:591:1403 2001:0:43:784:403:177:591:1403 120.40.130.70
    2601:246:581:2050:501:6718:1885:7380 2601:246:581:2050:501:6718:1885:7380 120.40.130.70
    JameyPinkston40 jameypinkston12@role.cdfaq.com 38.62.231.166
    adriansantodomingo1975 adriansantodomingo1975@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MarciaVictor099 vonni@i.president.support 196.51.65.150
    advancedwellnessbilling advancedwellnessbilling@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    BernadineHarring junkodwayne@solstris.com 200.10.41.99
    info info@digital-x-press.com 120.40.130.70
    LarissaMendes6 larissamendes@cheyanne42.lumbermilltricks.com 173.234.244.79
    abolfazlamiriofficialline abolfazlamiriofficialline@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    nataliamast nataliamast@pw.epac.to 223.29.253.233
    Frankbipsy amabil.6002@mail.ru 20.51.151.252
    zjacksonsift3763 zjacksonsift@vip.163.com 23.247.136.254
    Frankbipsy amabil.6002@mail.ru 84.54.44.19
    2001:164:290:21:982:51:81:1 2001:164:290:21:982:51:81:1 120.40.130.70
    bloomai bloomai@goldtip.shop 120.40.130.70
    LaceyCulley9608 kaleigh@c.astroarch.online 196.51.34.223
    LeonoreLavender leonorelavender-3655@kryack.ru 45.227.187.55
    20:40:73:401:3591:511:20:662 20:40:73:401:3591:511:20:662 120.40.130.70
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    LeonoreLavender leonorelavender-3655@kryack.ru 37.107.187.225
    nmmawdbv nmmawdbv@eblanomail.com 173.245.207.242
    BorisODea527 borisodea34@semo.elyquin.org 191.102.182.47
    MariEmery3526877 mariemery74@seat.muzaco.com 202.14.7.149
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    FrankBirdsong tamiaubrey@solstris.com 196.242.20.197
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    DonaldBusch kandiboucher6342@t.woeishyang.com 170.199.228.31