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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 - 17 Jan 2026 4:36 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,294
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    rosegiglio2017 rosegiglio2017@acetylcholgh.ru 78.111.152.213
    timothycarroll2010 timothycarroll2010@acetylcholgh.ru 85.90.208.118
    brightwaylogisticservices brightwaylogisticservices@gmail.com 117.253.231.182
    k014373 k014373@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    verlenegarrard verlenegarrard@zooms.pro 172.69.23.70
    kristina.merezhina99966 kristina.merezhina99966@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    gretchenethridge gretchenethridge@9253.scalesurge.io 172.71.158.167
    red.fox228988 red.fox228988@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    LoreneFortune lorenefortune100@list.cdfaq.com 196.244.48.48
    melnichenko2010 melnichenko2010@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    meridithconnely20 meridithconnely20@zeriana.glinxy.org 104.22.17.126
    anegov.sn anegov.sn@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    kiraolramblerru2006 kiraolramblerru2006@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    olga.jarnyh olga.jarnyh@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    ogjidhzlvPt ogjidhzlvPt@sport-novosti-2.ru 104.22.20.178
    ronny-wallin38 ronny-wallin38@emailgsa6.xyz 162.158.167.43
    TylerDrennan67 tylerdrennan61@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.250.94
    bobhueber52 bobhueber52@selveta.ivolix.org 104.22.20.179
    ImogenWitzel08 stevenbrown2927xl8h@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 209.127.61.251
    kamordin kamordin@magicfloat.ru 120.40.130.70
    AngelitaBit angelita-webre8843@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 198.240.91.157
    lashondavaldes39 lashondavaldes39@c088.rshrthertherth.net 162.158.167.44
    ragutagin ragutagin@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    vitya-kondratev-1969 vitya-kondratev-1969@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    TarahCadman6 tarahcadman@delka.yoshisad.com 72.211.46.124
    2003::9702:00:110:813::248 2003::9702:00:110:813::248 120.40.130.70
    JulianeRedman sarahbrown2639b8y7@b.welcometotijuana.com 173.44.216.219
    HaleyEpps611 haleyhaley78@duzeri.wisecook.xyz 216.26.231.178
    threadupexog1978 threadupexog1978@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.178
    mbpkrd mbpkrd@keyauto.ru 120.40.130.70
    serg.lesnyh serg.lesnyh@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    gala224 gala224@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    AlbaHunsicker49 albahunsicker@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.247.161.46
    ChristinGosselin sarahbrown9921mkeg@c.verifiedlinklist.com 80.65.220.47
    viktorilyinl viktorilyinl@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    chisto-zamskaya chisto-zamskaya@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    ReubenGsw10 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 223.29.254.28
    saul.watterston22 saul.watterston22@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.153
    2001:100:7411:400:53:714:5480:9 2001:100:7411:400:53:714:5480:9 120.40.130.70
    aniramm1121 aniramm1121@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    thomasthomas8597x8kb thomasthomas8597x8kb@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.134.210
    NolaNewby3 marytaylor7503w7j8@f.welcometotijuana.com 80.65.223.10
    d.mandrik d.mandrik@cdek.ru 120.40.130.70
    Elizabet7200 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.240.254.187
    Aisha13750 matthewjohnson5447u1h3@a.verifiedlinklist.com 156.241.247.187
    raker33 raker33@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    dlearning dlearning@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    AngeliaSayre kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 181.215.16.21
    hevcenko hevcenko@meil.ru 120.40.130.70
    pakaratun-59 pakaratun-59@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    HarveyGia76559 jenniferdavis2377h4o5@c.welcometotijuana.com 156.241.247.210
    zaikin-slava zaikin-slava@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    MarcelinoFinn marcelinofinn33@wild.ehomu.com 191.101.250.99
    b.rad.th.em.a.s.t.e.r777 b.rad.th.em.a.s.t.e.r777@gmail.com 92.119.36.14
    GayMcintire4965 jamessmith6586duwr@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 80.65.223.221
    melanie-wainwright melanie-wainwright@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.179
    CruzVazquez045 cruzvazquez83@mode.ehomu.com 191.101.109.27
    evgeny.suchov evgeny.suchov@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    alvinmelocco4512 alvinmelocco4512@anonmails.de 45.89.73.11
    4029570302 4029570302@vtext.com 186.65.120.149
    vyjjaslx vyjjaslx@bonjourfmail.com 172.71.158.166
    YettaJohnstone jenniferthomas6709b3cs@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 80.65.222.153
    ElvaTill835518 wtajinegbr76@nestmailbox.com 67.215.252.109
    sapoghnikov-sergey sapoghnikov-sergey@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    sonja sonja@d.astroaxis.site 196.51.124.1
    202:90:411:716:943:36:306:31 202:90:411:716:943:36:306:31 120.40.130.70
    ShannaStevenson shannashanna8@cigefu.bearbox.buzz 45.3.35.231
    amalhaz amalhaz@sbarro.ru 120.40.130.70
    popovich popovich@derinat.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:45:91:722:2392 202:8108:8125:100:45:91:722:2392 120.40.130.70
    etalon etalon@pisem.net 120.40.130.70
    Pat4835410 christophermartin67602e4e@b.pattaya-mega.com 198.20.165.198
    candelariaknatchbull candelariaknatchbull@discardmail.com 172.71.154.179