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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 - 31 Jul 2026 11:01 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,567
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1808:3:74:9:141:780:46 202:1808:3:74:9:141:780:46 120.40.130.70
    demigill7886 demigill7886@adult-work.info 104.22.20.143
    202:1810:3529:200:18:619:726:749 202:1810:3529:200:18:619:726:749 120.40.130.70
    jeffersons elbertschippers@now.mefound.com 84.15.217.168
    mellissahoutz4334 mellissahoutz4334@hidebox.org 107.175.58.86
    links.89.ma.s.t links.89.ma.s.t@gmail.com 93.114.56.229
    sheritakoenig92 sheritakoenig92@brick.pettin.com 172.69.23.184
    angelikalaurens angelikalaurens@entityauthority.xyz 104.22.20.143
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1811:8:7900:52:914:32:823 202:1811:8:7900:52:914:32:823 120.40.130.70
    priscillamacfarlane9781 priscillamacfarlane9781@sayverfox.com 172.69.23.183
    gildahazel gildahazel8884@baupo.pl 165.231.164.35
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:81:1400:537:82:894:409 202:03:81:1400:537:82:894:409 120.40.130.70
    chutesch5 chutesch5@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.135.14
    vincentlefebvre50 vincentlefebvre50@brivex.veranta.eu 120.40.130.70
    odellschumacher4 odellschumacher4@korvit.nexanta.eu 120.40.130.70
    Marciadep zulaq6vbk@gmx.com 178.159.37.78
    2001:410:601:1100::596 2001:410:601:1100::596 120.40.130.70
    202:020:34:54:2069:2106:77:3 202:020:34:54:2069:2106:77:3 120.40.130.70
    lincolnblevins3139 lincolnblevins3139@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.23.183
    202:1808:13:576:1:352:46:31 202:1808:13:576:1:352:46:31 120.40.130.70
    ariannearianne ariannearianne@xifene.ukmailbox.xyz 104.22.17.78
    MattHueber158 matthueber46@last.muzaco.com 196.198.13.67
    jfjphczphg jfjphczphg@rambler.ru 62.133.47.146
    careyprobst22 careyprobst22@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.78
    202:1808:13:576:1:352:46:31 202:1808:13:576:1:352:46:31 120.40.130.70
    karinkarin karinkarin@kunila.xcams.pro 172.69.135.13
    jimqk6 jimqk6@vtr92.globalmail-apac.digital 192.42.116.18
    desapariciondepezi desapariciondepezi@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    ZZJMargo6614 margosingleton81@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    202:1808:6:599:3:028:17:49 202:1808:6:599:3:028:17:49 120.40.130.70
    JanOreilly33873 janoreilly64@slow.pettin.com 181.215.16.238
    janellmacias3462 janellmacias3462@pw.epac.to 172.69.23.183
    KeeleyKreitmayer keeleykreitmayer44@fiber.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    hadrien.khatchadourian hadrien.khatchadourian@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    marilou.marilou92 marilou.marilou92@ruvoge.fckmail.online 172.71.154.178
    AnnetteTate annettetate97@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.166
    JacobSpruill29 marymiller263459va@b.gsavps.xyz 217.60.120.181
    202:1810:51:7700:8149:50:59:8819 202:1810:51:7700:8149:50:59:8819 120.40.130.70
    ernestinasuttor6856 ernestinasuttor6856@1mail.x24hr.com 172.71.159.81
    ArnoldSymonds1 arnoldsymonds11@print.veauly.com 192.126.156.148
    olegpokuko olegpokuko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    PYDCory9536 corybales27@act.milkgg.com 191.101.114.216
    AlbaXnq17478783 albaceja51@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.60
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:00:4043:89:38:39 202:03:8:00:4043:89:38:39 120.40.130.70
    nightsaber89 nightsaber89@gmali.com 120.40.130.70
    m.ic.ha.elry.a.n.6.356 m.ic.ha.elry.a.n.6.356@gmail.com 185.121.235.41
    81226 81226@student.amnuaysilpa.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    hadrien.khatchadourian hadrien.khatchadourian@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2003:107:170:300:498:98:88:45 2003:107:170:300:498:98:88:45 120.40.130.70
    raisamemibi raisamemibi@mail.ru 195.2.79.165
    2001:410:601:1100::596 2001:410:601:1100::596 120.40.130.70
    crystlemace crystlemace@ichecker.tech 172.69.23.183
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 172.69.134.70
    GabrielleHathawa nh.svhnml9101jaebd.comdgu8cqbzzspftsmail.jaebd.com 77.246.96.147
    robertjohnson903fnbf robertjohnson903fnbf@linkbuilding.club 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:6339:300:803:095:9:15 202:3100:6339:300:803:095:9:15 120.40.130.70
    AmandaChipman amandachipman54@lab.milkgg.com 207.148.65.68
    o.xi.mu.s77.7.g.hu.j0ov.k.bh o.xi.mu.s77.7.g.hu.j0ov.k.bh@gmail.com 104.22.20.142
    Mauro msabattini@grupoair.com.ar 181.117.204.89
    flossiechauvel8726 flossiechauvel8726@1mail.x24hr.com 162.158.167.44
    vit.al.y.apu.p.se.n vit.al.y.apu.p.se.n@gmail.com 146.103.99.65
    yulyagexode yulyagexode@mail.ru 172.69.23.183