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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 - 4 Mar 2026 9:55 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,925
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    GlennPerales80 kaylasuper9532@mailmenot.io 196.51.111.25
    206:5900:8172:200:871:48:443:66 206:5900:8172:200:871:48:443:66 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:804:00:166:20:9419:631 206:5900:804:00:166:20:9419:631 120.40.130.70
    alvinmault837 alvinmault837@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.134.82
    2001:6:317:00:58:6:33:322 2001:6:317:00:58:6:33:322 120.40.130.70
    20:40:1118:101:950:8:796:64 20:40:1118:101:950:8:796:64 120.40.130.70
    202:7:7:200:4:963:25:80 202:7:7:200:4:963:25:80 120.40.130.70
    building.s.alesr.u building.s.alesr.u@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:8069:4700:7178:1:7594:211 206:5900:8069:4700:7178:1:7594:211 120.40.130.70
    white89 white89@eurovip.club 46.8.111.42
    2001:6:306:00:192:8594:29:92 2001:6:306:00:192:8594:29:92 120.40.130.70
    204:443:8:6:69:75:82:2 204:443:8:6:69:75:82:2 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:48:400:4:3332:15:367 206:5900:48:400:4:3332:15:367 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:223:00:9:911:77:76 2001:6:223:00:9:911:77:76 120.40.130.70
    200:237:9781:001:766:7:5851:358 200:237:9781:001:766:7:5851:358 120.40.130.70
    202:7:5067:6200:9375:1414:87:985 202:7:5067:6200:9375:1414:87:985 120.40.130.70
    202:7:37:600:87:06:745:80 202:7:37:600:87:06:745:80 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:4123:1900:807:528:69:200 206:5900:4123:1900:807:528:69:200 120.40.130.70
    20:3344:34:210:129:812:51:4953 20:3344:34:210:129:812:51:4953 120.40.130.70
    200:23:118:620:135:9:17:7832 200:23:118:620:135:9:17:7832 120.40.130.70
    204:201:758:2700:46:8:2:205 204:201:758:2700:46:8:2:205 120.40.130.70
    202:7:708:7400:2906:987:7:86 202:7:708:7400:2906:987:7:86 120.40.130.70
    202:8013:315:0:787:2747:91:160 202:8013:315:0:787:2747:91:160 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:49:3900:88:195:812:36 206:5900:49:3900:88:195:812:36 120.40.130.70
    20:40:99:201:919:47::617 20:40:99:201:919:47::617 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:342:500:1:68:4:76 2001:6:342:500:1:68:4:76 120.40.130.70
    20:40:847:7701:825:13:89:67 20:40:847:7701:825:13:89:67 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:14:8100:42:8662:527:2 2001:6:14:8100:42:8662:527:2 120.40.130.70
    202:7:2:00:76:90:96:06 202:7:2:00:76:90:96:06 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:3419:00:7:125:587:954 2001:6:3419:00:7:125:587:954 120.40.130.70
    20:40:1081:01:851:4890:70:7905 20:40:1081:01:851:4890:70:7905 120.40.130.70
    202:8084:6982:180:9079:902:59:581 202:8084:6982:180:9079:902:59:581 120.40.130.70
    202:7:113:100:86:94:498:9 202:7:113:100:86:94:498:9 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:41:00:234:315:90:822 2001:6:41:00:234:315:90:822 120.40.130.70
    200:230:26:701:58:3556:62:131 200:230:26:701:58:3556:62:131 120.40.130.70
    204:201:719:000:54:66:8230:745 204:201:719:000:54:66:8230:745 120.40.130.70
    tandyliles51 tandyliles51@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 104.22.17.126
    20:40:8:01:13:700:58:211 20:40:8:01:13:700:58:211 120.40.130.70
    202:8084:201:200::842:40:823 202:8084:201:200::842:40:823 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:811:00:84:25:16:416 206:5900:811:00:84:25:16:416 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:69:300:581:6:41:76 2001:6:69:300:581:6:41:76 120.40.130.70
    20:40::701:5:687:25:49 20:40::701:5:687:25:49 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:64:500:24:91:5:040 2001:6:64:500:24:91:5:040 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:3675:100:923:17:813:3 2001:6:3675:100:923:17:813:3 120.40.130.70
    c.l.in.ic.forhi.m5 c.l.in.ic.forhi.m5@gmail.com 104.22.20.234
    202:8086:28:80:7:447:6839:8622 202:8086:28:80:7:447:6839:8622 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:809:600:218:822:15:74 206:5900:809:600:218:822:15:74 120.40.130.70
    arlettefirkins7965 arlettefirkins7965@anonmails.de 72.205.0.67
    202:7:7:9400:870:471:10:04 202:7:7:9400:870:471:10:04 120.40.130.70
    206:611:74:0:97:85:314:191 206:611:74:0:97:85:314:191 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:39:500:950:1486:3:506 2001:6:39:500:950:1486:3:506 120.40.130.70
    arnoldweld arnoldweld@emailcenter.store 198.144.178.57
    shannaradcliffe shannaradcliffe@anonmails.de 104.22.20.234
    206:5900:4:00:3552:6307:459:5 206:5900:4:00:3552:6307:459:5 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:80:00:0:6435:86:878 206:5900:80:00:0:6435:86:878 120.40.130.70
    202:7:1:2700:8:88:661:425 202:7:1:2700:8:88:661:425 120.40.130.70
    christophermartinez99644xnh christophermartinez99644xnh@c.verifiedlinklist.com 38.154.177.37
    2001:6:589:800:88:3939:16:378 2001:6:589:800:88:3939:16:378 120.40.130.70
    200:236:4:101:8:125:937:4 200:236:4:101:8:125:937:4 120.40.130.70
    braydencedillo1523 braydencedillo1523@newmail.web.id 104.22.17.126
    200:238:907:6101:887:969:64:9 200:238:907:6101:887:969:64:9 120.40.130.70
    202:7:8286:3400:50:56:22:5 202:7:8286:3400:50:56:22:5 120.40.130.70
    07G61696760720 s.d.jf.h.bn.je.w.315@gmail.com 209.50.188.172
    2001:6:24:2800:789:28:95:71 2001:6:24:2800:789:28:95:71 120.40.130.70
    200:235:94:01:3406:65:185:30 200:235:94:01:3406:65:185:30 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:35:1400:3492:5:2664:931 2001:6:35:1400:3492:5:2664:931 120.40.130.70
    20:3344:199:7810:307:168:6636:655 20:3344:199:7810:307:168:6636:655 120.40.130.70
    202:8086:8:00:58::315:37 202:8086:8:00:58::315:37 120.40.130.70
    200:236:2711:01:65:5:3009:99 200:236:2711:01:65:5:3009:99 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:8503:900:855:9337:175:2 2001:6:8503:900:855:9337:175:2 120.40.130.70
    202:8084:40:600:90:3:8:96 202:8084:40:600:90:3:8:96 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    201:400:16:1200:2860:733:8160:163 201:400:16:1200:2860:733:8160:163 120.40.130.70
    sarahgarcia1600cb6o sarahgarcia1600cb6o@c.welcometotijuana.com 209.163.119.246
    202:7:801:9100:647:26:41:575 202:7:801:9100:647:26:41:575 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:571:1400:821:3220:101:3716 206:5900:571:1400:821:3220:101:3716 120.40.130.70