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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 - 20 Aug 2026 11:25 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,594
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AntonioChapman antoniochapman42@dear.mxdood.com 154.16.69.146
    CaseyWhittle8 caseywhittle36@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.200
    gprzgtafsSr gprzgtafsSr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 10.42.206.17
    Caren10C7529 wnhorgavasdor94@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.92
    jennifer.smith jennifer.smith@qwestisp.net 120.40.130.70
    1geredeerf 1geredeerf@anonmails.de 84.54.53.236
    204:441:7003:218::29:318 204:441:7003:218::29:318 120.40.130.70
    james james@22ovz.com 120.40.130.70
    byyfwkdrkKt byyfwkdrkKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    palma.ziesemer-508 palma.ziesemer-508@mailtech.ro 91.211.87.166
    james.smith james.smith@qwestisp.net 120.40.130.70
    Michaelhix kostyanlixoma@mail.ru 178.20.45.128
    enquiry enquiry@quantamcrypto.org 120.40.130.70
    WoodrowGayle03 woodrowgayle6@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.7
    RusselWirtz186 russel.wirtz@4554.zouytr.xyz 168.228.45.78
    info info@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    Erisbeacons marcusdaddx@gmail.com 217.79.117.22
    AugustusWhittell augustuswhittell55@yell.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    MicahPurcell micahpurcell12@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.133
    ChetShockley61 chetshockley35@pound.milkgg.com 223.29.254.39
    launchdarkly-mobility-test launchdarkly-mobility-test@yassir.com 120.40.130.70
    QQAFlorene christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    afdifmdztKt afdifmdztKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    JettaMcEncroe christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    stephained stephaine-dacre@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.177
    MyrtleUxm86 merwrkalymaga@needforspeeds.online 165.231.164.169
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    ofiqexuuz ofiqexuuz@poppmailnewr.com 54.39.18.217
    WandaNunan wdiside6kr94@nestmailbox.com 217.60.114.59
    st.ep.h.anie.bu.rt.olom.ew. st.ep.h.anie.bu.rt.olom.ew.@gmail.com 216.24.212.166
    CathleenOsborn wverrugosonor94@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.160
    LarryboN jicousderu@mail.ru 95.142.47.113
    zuznxgvulSn zuznxgvulSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    anthonymoore7674ce1 anthonymoore7674ce1@b.travel-e-store.com 156.230.193.185
    dwayneneel mallo@ambulatoriodelsole.it 109.190.127.234
    gewjbwqdjKt gewjbwqdjKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
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    difora7 difora7@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    mormegil mormegil6@gmail.com 172.18.0.2
    DonnyWozniak828 donnywozniak44@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    tommieburrows79 tommieburrows79@ten.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.11.80
    HeathGarrard081 heathgarrard48@yell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.169
    braydencolleano36 braydencolleano36@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.240
    fzkccdshost fzkccdshost@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    wapzodnbtSr wapzodnbtSr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    hgmzuuratKt hgmzuuratKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    MaryanneHarrison alannahwere@anonmails.de 70.29.87.159
    domingo-yancey.4286 domingo-yancey.4286@f.lovepettoys.shop 181.177.87.193
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    CelindaGirard celindagirard49@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
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    mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3 mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    RosalieSnyder6 bennyedmondson@anonmails.de 45.134.253.102
    OSCAR ojammd@gmail.com 31.221.245.16
    fqjcuzzcjpi fqjcuzzcjpi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    DarinJmv148110 darincollins85@slow.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    202:44:24:0:4:912:24:51 202:44:24:0:4:912:24:51 120.40.130.70
    MySafeUserAccount MySafeUserAccount@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    tamma tarekhawary11@gmail.com 185.97.92.84
    PoppyCook6 poppycook19@gribel.veranta.eu 23.80.166.150
    sokolova sokolova@medsi.ru 120.40.130.70
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