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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 - 2 Jul 2026 2:55 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,638
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ThereseBrody hwalucio@solstris.com 181.215.16.216
    2804:8:8697:9400:6989:280:472:37 2804:8:8697:9400:6989:280:472:37 120.40.130.70
    202:46:648:0:40:829:17:669 202:46:648:0:40:829:17:669 120.40.130.70
    lanscofield lanscofield@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.154.179
    202:46:648:0:40:829:17:669 202:46:648:0:40:829:17:669 120.40.130.70
    preciouswanganeen89 preciouswanganeen89@tulo.blyxen.com 104.22.20.143
    2606:4700:10::6814:179 2606:4700:10::6814:179 120.40.130.70
    elinorelinor elinorelinor@pezasi.wins.guru 172.71.159.81
    LucilleBolden2 stevenbrown2927xl8h@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 151.247.221.6
    hmwrd_bound hmwrdbound@proton.me 216.131.86.61
    202:8108:8125:100:402:637:817:293 202:8108:8125:100:402:637:817:293 120.40.130.70
    barendsgeraldine7 8D barendsgeraldine7+8D@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    dantemontemayor3915 dantemontemayor3915@coin.wf 66.63.171.78
    ddp ddp@xxi-banorte.com 120.40.130.70
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    BrendanBrewis9 brendanbrewis100@nor.mxdood.com 196.196.253.94
    KerryWaldrup038 patricialopez3833akl4@a.pattaya-mega.com 38.154.52.159
    demure ogbro@mail.ru 185.217.190.70
    NilaBobadilla michaelmartinez1412m4kn@c.blog-stuff.com 23.95.58.109
    leannemanske leannemanske@51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    nadine-nadine nadine-nadine@cericu.burns.lol 45.80.106.65
    SUGFerne64590 ferneramey83@river.muzaco.com 196.196.254.36
    josephbrown5966p8q1 josephbrown5966p8q1@gsasearchengineranker.online 69.4.90.25
    magdabelisario8 magdabelisario8@photo.veauly.com 104.22.17.127
    feuerhahn feuerhahn@runbox.com 142.189.223.143
    2003:2:31:7:840:8869:91:9 2003:2:31:7:840:8869:91:9 120.40.130.70
    forrestcaire5401 forrestcaire5401@anonmails.de 162.158.167.121
    jerryparmley44 jerryparmley44@siro.glinxy.com 104.22.17.127
    ericpeacock ericpeacock@asia.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.178
    StevenMcCoin93 stevenmccoin3@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.254
    bridgetmaloney7326 bridgetmaloney7326@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.22.87
    202:8108:8125:100:402:637:817:293 202:8108:8125:100:402:637:817:293 120.40.130.70
    sharon-gilles sharon-gilles@06a0.getmerankings.store 172.71.154.179
    LoraWestbrook90 lorawestbrook8@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.114.29
    cheriehartung1669 cheriehartung1669@now.mefound.com 104.22.20.143
    mariasoledad.vitantonio mariasoledad.vitantonio@urg.com.ar 120.40.130.70
    BethanyPavy bethanypavy59@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.247
    katezielinski katezielinski@anonmails.de 185.149.23.17
    coopermickey coopermickey@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.82
    BillyChaffey6 diegobianchi597785gli@seoautomationpro.com 196.51.137.29
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:810:98:5900:12:749:32:9062 202:810:98:5900:12:749:32:9062 120.40.130.70
    2003::2:700:85:3:420:472 2003::2:700:85:3:420:472 120.40.130.70
    202:810:1683:800:750:216::10 202:810:1683:800:750:216::10 120.40.130.70
    Kennethvaw cnzxhaxq@bekommenmail.com 185.255.126.28
    2003::01:38:9:6:59:116 2003::01:38:9:6:59:116 120.40.130.70
    202:810:1683:800:750:216::10 202:810:1683:800:750:216::10 120.40.130.70
    2001:98:230:800:102:646:418:280 2001:98:230:800:102:646:418:280 120.40.130.70
    202:810:98:5900:12:749:32:9062 202:810:98:5900:12:749:32:9062 120.40.130.70
    wilbert.berryman95 wilbert.berryman95@corrective.51tiemo.com 172.69.22.86
    2003:2:31:7:840:8869:91:9 2003:2:31:7:840:8869:91:9 120.40.130.70
    je.ga.ju.k.o.se8.9 je.ga.ju.k.o.se8.9@gmail.com (empty)
    202:46:1991:0:0:03:989: 202:46:1991:0:0:03:989: 120.40.130.70
    AracelyGard aracelygard17@mode.ehomu.com 102.165.54.7
    jaacoobss jaacoobss@seznam.cz 46.135.85.125
    zerotigrerra26-gaminggalaxynl zerotigrerra26-gaminggalaxynl@live.nl 80.57.67.58
    202:1810:90:00:767:35:125:72 202:1810:90:00:767:35:125:72 120.40.130.70
    info3 info3@migpack.ru 120.40.130.70
    KazukoShead7 charlesmartinez877145s3@seoautomationpro.online 192.126.206.68
    patriciaanderson6184jgjp patriciaanderson6184jgjp@verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.20.142
    albalivingston4604 albalivingston4604@koes.justdied.com 120.40.130.70
    BSPRobin120203 robinsimmons88@mode.ehomu.com 181.215.16.247
    aprilhanger18 aprilhanger18@slow.pettin.com 104.22.20.143
    nico nico@debarras-marseille-13.fr 172.71.159.82
    202:020:3:769:17:389:262:28 202:020:3:769:17:389:262:28 120.40.130.70
    akindinkudryashov6842 akindinkudryashov6842@mail.ru 172.71.159.82
    2001:100:1214:9100:91:364:108:5008 2001:100:1214:9100:91:364:108:5008 120.40.130.70
    MIKEL69 gestion.formaciononlineia@gmail.com 79.116.171.65
    2001:100:1214:9100:91:364:108:5008 2001:100:1214:9100:91:364:108:5008 120.40.130.70
    valerapaboza valerapaboza@mail.ru 172.71.159.81
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    202:3100:675:6800:12:7628:4:695 202:3100:675:6800:12:7628:4:695 120.40.130.70
    WinnieTincher winnie.tincher@feofaniaskit.kiev.ua 123.24.44.119
    fania fania@b.drown.institute 38.154.110.157
    ohe.fas.udo.66 ohe.fas.udo.66@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DennisSix res.erskinevillehotel@solotel.com.au 158.173.75.68
    202:1810:90:00:767:35:125:72 202:1810:90:00:767:35:125:72 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:675:6800:12:7628:4:695 202:3100:675:6800:12:7628:4:695 120.40.130.70
    silasedwards9286 silasedwards9286@dvd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.122