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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 - 19 Apr 2026 12:58 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,596
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    robertmiller6281ert3 robertmiller6281ert3@c.blog-stuff.com 66.212.25.158
    marydeason1495 marydeason1495@tempr.email 104.22.17.126
    2001:48:159:15:48:8:77:272 2001:48:159:15:48:8:77:272 120.40.130.70
    ralph.herrmann ralph.herrmann@clearviewdashboard.site 172.69.134.83
    202:8108:8125:100:7915:184:27:506 202:8108:8125:100:7915:184:27:506 120.40.130.70
    christopherlopez8203bpq4 christopherlopez8203bpq4@c.gsasearchengineranker.c 104.22.17.127
    oqij.ez.e.ze.51.2 oqij.ez.e.ze.51.2@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MEYPoppy499 poppycastleberry96@scene.muzaco.com 154.16.69.250
    lyndagibbs2221 lyndagibbs2221@trashmailr.com 172.71.154.179
    sarahanderson1366adt7 sarahanderson1366adt7@gsasearchengineranker.info 134.255.243.240
    kala.alger kala.alger@3d68.catche1.com 172.71.154.179
    zoya.patrusheva.65 zoya.patrusheva.65@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    9012822840924 umrqcbshwd@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    adv adv@iartun.com 89.124.111.226
    fedyarov-g fedyarov-g@ekra.ru 120.40.130.70
    2003::709:519:97:016:17:203 2003::709:519:97:016:17:203 120.40.130.70
    kevin17davis23 kevin17davis23@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    CathrynMerchant cathrynmerchant32@thus.ehomu.com 103.221.232.11
    LindsayAhMouy28 lindsayahmouy31@cool.muzaco.com 103.221.232.11
    JanessaHein8 janessahein98@self.ehomu.com 102.165.54.212
    WarrenHindmarsh warrenwarren@zotowe.smush.space 216.26.224.163
    lhomivkkwi lhomivkkwi@rambler.ru 79.127.175.22
    ShelliMcCorkle6 mmph51@blogwebsite.top 195.140.176.33
    LillieMorton mohamedlake@sentimentdate.com 104.28.156.60
    sergey.belyaev sergey.belyaev@casinotds.xyz 104.22.17.127
    lesley.stepp86 lesley.stepp86@project.ampersandiego.com 162.158.167.134
    202:1810:406:100:924:8:58:678 202:1810:406:100:924:8:58:678 120.40.130.70
    HermanFulmer hermanfulmer14@broad.ehomu.com 144.48.52.117
    202:1810:406:100:924:8:58:678 202:1810:406:100:924:8:58:678 120.40.130.70
    pauljackson7386qpu2 pauljackson7386qpu2@f.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.23.194
    dillon-leggo.8160 dillon-leggo.8160@articl.biz 104.22.20.142
    p.e.trt.ata.rs.ky.h.o.mework.1.9872.2.0.5. p.e.trt.ata.rs.ky.h.o.mework.1.9872.2.0.5.@gmail.c 185.194.178.35
    j.osta.n.gq.eh.r.q j.osta.n.gq.eh.r.q@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    DemetriusTalbot demetriustalbot22@cool.muzaco.com 196.198.13.114
    p.e.trt.ata.rs.ky.h.o.mework.1.9872.2.0.5. p.e.trt.ata.rs.ky.h.o.mework.1.9872.2.0.5.@gmail.c 185.194.178.4
    patriciagarcia8345peji patriciagarcia8345peji@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 67.215.230.148
    calebkneebone2642 calebkneebone2642@hotbird.giize.com 172.71.154.178
    ShayneBurchett8 shayneburchett32@last.muzaco.com 191.101.92.183
    pe.t.r.t.a.tarsk.yh.om.e.wor.k198.722.0.5. pe.t.r.t.a.tarsk.yh.om.e.wor.k198.722.0.5.@gmail.c 104.22.17.126
    jocelynhinchcliffe9860 jocelynhinchcliffe9860@teknologicepat.com 82.23.245.208
    202:1810:406:100:924:8:58:678 202:1810:406:100:924:8:58:678 120.40.130.70
    200mph 200mph@200mphmedia.net 31.44.59.224
    konstantin.fomin382 konstantin.fomin382@casinotds.xyz 172.71.158.68
    masoncourtney77 masoncourtney77@tali.glinxy.com 172.71.154.178
    jonas.vanderpool jonas.vanderpool@feedback.51tiemo.com 195.63.27.136
    irinazavona irinazavona@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    BobbyLangham864 bobbylangham14@river.muzaco.com 102.165.53.105
    cecelia-lundy-4307 cecelia-lundy-4307@articl.biz 172.71.158.68
    aleksandr.sorokin356 aleksandr.sorokin356@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    KellyeWellman34 kellyewellman56@keep.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.223
    stevehedges60 stevehedges60@keep.cdfaq.com 172.71.158.68
    solomonlathrop8413 solomonlathrop8413@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    202:1810:47:7700:980:267:93:43 202:1810:47:7700:980:267:93:43 120.40.130.70
    lhomivkkwi lhomivkkwi@rambler.ru 104.22.17.127
    berenice berenice@cosmiccrest.site 104.22.20.142
    GilbertRicks6 georgiannabourgeois4380@mmds.shop 146.70.245.138
    2003::709:519:97:016:17:203 2003::709:519:97:016:17:203 120.40.130.70
    202:03:7:101:556:871:40:47 202:03:7:101:556:871:40:47 120.40.130.70
    AgnesSievier1 traceemeier@poketani.nl 149.88.110.38
    vgllubwx vgllubwx@tacoblastmail.com 104.22.20.142
    202:473:77:0:2886:11:3503:43 202:473:77:0:2886:11:3503:43 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:518:400:6:453:880:920 202:3100:518:400:6:453:880:920 120.40.130.70
    202:020:52:33:971:2:46:04 202:020:52:33:971:2:46:04 120.40.130.70
    MargoDelmonte72 margodelmonte82@semu.dravix.org 45.33.144.103
    202:8108:8125:100:7915:184:27:506 202:8108:8125:100:7915:184:27:506 120.40.130.70
    202:03:964:301:1:1:7166:90 202:03:964:301:1:1:7166:90 120.40.130.70
    202:473:77:0:2886:11:3503:43 202:473:77:0:2886:11:3503:43 120.40.130.70
    2hereftttyj 2hereftttyj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    xyuktqxv xyuktqxv@fringmail.com 104.22.20.143
    CarolynStt barbaragonzalez3681ksun@f.welcometotijuana.com 23.94.82.142
    TobySverjensky tobysverjensky88@just.cdfaq.com 45.125.245.141
    2620:101:2002:115:10:8:141:51 2620:101:2002:115:10:8:141:51 120.40.130.70
    angelaignacio4486 angelaignacio4486@bd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.134