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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 - 4 Sep 2026 2:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,854
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    TrudyDalgety2 loydluca@veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    IrvinRette m.e.g.as.to.p.l.a.y.@gmail.com 31.129.170.42
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    barbarawilson721nj5j barbarawilson721nj5j@c.gsavps.xyz 172.69.135.14
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rudolf.evatt rudolf.evatt@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.78
    PriscillaSteward jenniferrodriguez13498ron@a.gsasearchengineranker. 164.163.127.64
    concettasain14 concettasain14@armed.veauly.com 172.71.159.82
    lybtemeka1 temeka.playfair-6112@birulangit.dev 85.208.115.242
    Blikinkfak flamegalichkin@gmail.com 158.173.166.116
    arnold-lockett arnold-lockett@use.usewisetransfer.click 172.69.135.13
    Blikinkfak alexandersurova@yandex.ru 158.173.79.230
    yoursite.com yoursite.com@hacker.com 120.40.130.70
    RobynUgalde8416 paulhernandez1977hda1@a.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.164.165
    matthewtaylor826hiq0 matthewtaylor826hiq0@c.verifiedlinklist.com 156.230.196.64
    AndreaOshea9765 matthewbrown4091fda8@a.gsavps.xyz 198.20.181.62
    vankolev69 vankolev69@abv.bg 120.40.130.70
    Shelly67B5897820 richardlopez30929ib7@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.164.165
    st.i st.i@abv.bg 120.40.130.70
    TonyM50438 tom4@realestateseopro.com 91.237.124.149
    xrumer23baito xrumer23baito@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    CliffordMichalik cliffordmichalik66@last.muzaco.com 102.165.55.133
    TressaJunker46 paulsmith367e44o@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.9.121
    FranziskaDlz debbielukas@veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    selinagirardin2867 selinagirardin2867@pw.epac.to 172.69.135.13
    SGSHeath7466 jonellehazel@veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    babs babs@a.giveblood.bar 104.22.20.143
    Blikinkfak timurovna64@gmail.com 158.173.166.116
    drinkingarizona drinkingarizona@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    nikotmp nikotmp@abv.bg 120.40.130.70
    FredrickMooney giusepperodriguez268875gmt@a.seoautomationpro.com 198.20.178.88
    202:8108:8125:100:710:3459:04:4185 202:8108:8125:100:710:3459:04:4185 120.40.130.70
    shelliedovey shelliedovey@anonmails.de 172.69.23.51
    MichaelaRodman michaelarodman72@trick.veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    GenevieveParamor susananderson79711vu6@c.blog-stuff.com 198.20.181.2
    MatthewAgilt barbariska8912@gmail.com 144.124.226.31
    StaciaDownes314 juliusisaac@veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    seth.billington seth.billington@vastonlinesolution.com 172.71.159.81
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    VirgieWant80740 virgiewant31@put.pettin.com 23.81.230.194
    yulya.suvorova.2024 yulya.suvorova.2024@mail.ru 104.22.17.79
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Kristi1087 prop16@webtoteam.shop 193.58.104.76
    davidwilliams d-nwilliams@hotmail.com 200:23:1430:25:593:233:57:
    f1ff3415f791d550f8660fae0eb5b909 irvikkm@gmailold.com 71.171.98.249
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Blikinkfak xb90aa93vc4b@gmail.com 158.173.79.230
    GabrielleRincon johnathanmaya@veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 172.69.23.131
    autumntoledo autumntoledo@hidebox.org 172.69.135.14
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    grandflash grandflash@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    edwardcreason edwardcreason@1mail.x24hr.com 162.158.167.43
    GloryGilfillan glorygilfillan13@slide.veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    papiurson papiurson@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    1jefeddyhu 1jefeddyhu@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    anthonyschulz300420kr4 anthonyschulz300420kr4@a.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    EllieBurrows michaelmartinez5111edhi@a.blog-stuff.com 38.154.115.164
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    halliehart71 halliehart71@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.131
    britneykeogh britneykeogh@anonmails.de 162.158.167.43
    205:92:56:5316:093:90:7902:976 205:92:56:5316:093:90:7902:976 120.40.130.70