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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 - 28 Aug 2026 9:18 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,575
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JITJulienne juliennekasper@vipitv.com 110.244.97.222
    HildegardArriola karenmartin476uolr@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 217.60.161.160
    phillip-treadwell87 phillip-treadwell87@emailgsa5.xyz 104.22.20.142
    ygugvisv ygugvisv@firsthidden.com 162.158.167.43
    ToshaCapuano35 tosha.tosha@xatotu.bonusmail.art 83.97.119.75
    ZacharyGoossens zachary.zachary46@yibato.newgang.info 83.97.116.38
    l.i.nk.s.89m.a.st l.i.nk.s.89m.a.st@gmail.com 78.111.154.154
    oomjnjnj oomjnjnj@blackfirsta.com 104.22.20.142
    newbloghi237 newbloghi237@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    li.n.ks8.9.mast li.n.ks8.9.mast@gmail.com 78.111.154.154
    csdsfbrg csdsfbrg@firsthidden.com 172.71.159.82
    TrinidadRowcroft jenniferjackson4185q0un@a.pattaya-mega.com 209.127.25.33
    admin admin@debarras-marseille-13.fr 172.71.154.178
    Daniela18J josephtaylor96785v5z@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 31.132.1.182
    alinochkachubarova alinochkachubarova@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 172.71.102.133
    Rusty chewes1951@gmail.com 204.1.44.60
    how3 how3@blogranks.top 2.57.23.205
    larryglenny2184 larryglenny2184@sad.pwrts.shop 172.69.23.183
    20:5685:8:8612:500:3:4:217 20:5685:8:8612:500:3:4:217 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 120.40.130.70
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 162.158.167.44
    Alex12 alemayehutsegaye2018@gmail.com 196.190.60.78
    Roy superfoxcoman@outlook.com 74.99.188.90
    JohnsonHoneycutt thomasthomas6319vxbs@b.blog-stuff.com 109.69.109.78
    gujqhgzzxMn gujqhgzzxMn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    Laurie weberlaurie@gmail.com 216.16.8.160
    jkfeopfqlkn jkfeopfqlkn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    vanh.uynhnhu11052002 vanh.uynhnhu11052002@gmail.com 150.241.64.156
    202:8108:8125:100:9071:3:72:595 202:8108:8125:100:9071:3:72:595 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    help help@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.71.241.68
    jaxon.carvelli62 jaxon.carvelli62@take-ur-vites.org 172.71.159.81
    brigetteditter7236 brigetteditter7236@anonmails.de 104.22.20.142
    Roxyrose Hayley.payne2002@outlook.com 49.195.39.44
    FaeChabrillan5 faechabrillan31@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.165
    mohit mohitgaur1853@gmail.com 2402:380:1:18:4:187:542:3554
    Jacquie45U joshuawilliams1742ilz3@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.12.220
    KeiraAcosta007 stevendavis3312909b@b.travel-e-store.com 196.51.103.79
    AlbertLibby59 albertlibby62@.mxdood.com 144.48.52.254
    ElishaFuqua837 elishafuqua23@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KaceyAragon579 phillipfelix7004@23.8.dnsabr.com 103.106.238.18
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 162.158.216.170
    josephjohnson29501w54 josephjohnson29501w54@verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.135.14
    mitchel-macy mitchel-macy@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.184
    Alex44J02863823 joshuawilliams1742ilz3@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.12.151
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    LeeFurman6803127 sarahthomas5503cxuu@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.103.243
    SFRTyler4174184 christopherhernandez7894ghmw@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.11.251
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    johnettesmith johnettesmith@gsa.fghe.store 172.71.154.179
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LinetteAgee775 markjackson2962jck7@a.blog-stuff.com 196.51.12.220
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    Winifred5757 matthewdavis5486087f@a.mustdoindubai.com 209.127.196.58
    AngelitaMcCants angelitaangelita56@febahe.smush.space 91.132.124.215
    kurbanov-b98gv kurbanov-b98gv@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    MadieP4495274 madiehailey32@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    213:700:6:2:816:3:01:74 213:700:6:2:816:3:01:74 120.40.130.70
    resisteetmord resisteetmord@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    hershel-schuhmacher-2886 hershel-schuhmacher-2886@wordspacemail.com 172.71.154.179
    edwina-bills edwina-bills@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.137
    nmzueqynakn nmzueqynakn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    lincolnblevins3139 lincolnblevins3139@1mail.x24hr.com 162.158.167.43
    joel.joel joel.joel@yucogo.ukmailbox.xyz 45.145.128.254
    andrewhernandez56271a4p andrewhernandez56271a4p@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.23.183
    l.en.ag.o.p.kal.o.73. l.en.ag.o.p.kal.o.73.@gmail.com 84.17.47.26
    l.ink.s.89m.a.st. l.ink.s.89m.a.st.@gmail.com 78.111.154.154
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