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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 - 11 May 2026 10:20 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,470
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AngelineDupree0 qq@summer-music.net 8.210.139.47
    202:8071:5160:100:6748:8:79:82 202:8071:5160:100:6748:8:79:82 120.40.130.70
    thomasmartinez1084jebl thomasmartinez1084jebl@c.welcometotijuana.com 92.118.41.167
    uce03211 uce03211@gmai.com 120.40.130.70
    cathleenhailes cathleenhailes@starda-mirror505.top 104.22.20.143
    dmitrijfilatovjq4657 dmitrijfilatovjq4657@rambler.ru 152.232.65.231
    danielgarcia2854ukgs danielgarcia2854ukgs@gsasearchengineranker.info 67.215.242.113
    elma-whitten4 elma-whitten4@e6ce.rshrthertherth.net 104.22.17.127
    202:1810:40:00:958:2:41:7471 202:1810:40:00:958:2:41:7471 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maxineduterrau9809 maxineduterrau9809@freundin.ru 172.71.158.68
    jean.marc.jobin.ca jean.marc.jobin.ca@videotron.ca 205.233.212.94
    jean.marc.jobin.ca jean.marc.jobin.ca@videotron.ca 24.122.114.22
    sgalvis sgalvis@neweseguros.com.br 120.40.130.70
    jean.marc.jobin.ca jean.marc.jobin.ca@videotron.ca 204.48.92.175
    rlunac rlunac@sre.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:100:297:762:978:366 202:3100:5:100:297:762:978:366 120.40.130.70
    elizabethsmith2681fa4e elizabethsmith2681fa4e@verifiedlinklist.com 162.158.167.134
    Ruben elbu.peralejos@gmail.com 202:9130:883:60:3515:84:20:5
    concepcion-schnieders6797 concepcion-schnieders6797@funnyaussiesigns.com 162.158.167.133
    kittygranville2697 kittygranville2697@strategyinsights.xyz 172.71.158.69
    vt.8.26.217 vt.8.26.217@gmail.com 89.124.68.17
    LonCasas47861 loncasas7@fiber.pettin.com 191.101.92.9
    2003::19:8400:88:867:728:94 2003::19:8400:88:867:728:94 120.40.130.70
    marklopez4636ezhd marklopez4636ezhd@gsasearchengineranker.online 196.51.84.131
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MargaretCazneaux margaretcazneaux28@act.milkgg.com 144.48.52.235
    KristyEmbling kristyembling72@broad.ehomu.com 196.196.253.94
    shaynemusquito9601 shaynemusquito9601@discard.email 104.207.35.224
    Sol10Y9703 solchristy@saiqeg.top 185.158.104.114
    marctanaka marctanaka@sumj.techlaw-tap.xyz 120.40.130.70
    DylanFay27040899 dylanfay58@these.veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:3490:200:596:10:1:181 202:1810:3490:200:596:10:1:181 120.40.130.70
    mamiesee84 mamiesee84@mode.ehomu.com 104.22.17.126
    urdmgrqm urdmgrqm@bonjourfmail.com 172.71.154.179
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gusmarino8948 gusmarino8948@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    chetconroy chetconroy@streamboost.xyz 104.22.17.126
    clauderivett6920 clauderivett6920@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    201:599:618:299:40:791:87:875 201:599:618:299:40:791:87:875 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:4481:20:181:97:4:961 202:8071:4481:20:181:97:4:961 120.40.130.70
    2001:103:5506:400:3111:4:676:2 2001:103:5506:400:3111:4:676:2 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:3490:200:596:10:1:181 202:1810:3490:200:596:10:1:181 120.40.130.70
    robert.mclucas robert.mclucas@sunyygo103.inetcomics.xyz 172.69.23.194
    202:8071:4481:20:181:97:4:961 202:8071:4481:20:181:97:4:961 120.40.130.70
    FelicitasWhitmir felicitaswhitmire78@hol.housines.com 152.89.129.22
    valentinpetrovub0465 valentinpetrovub0465@rambler.ru 152.232.65.129
    202:8108:8125:100:8870:96:94:273 202:8108:8125:100:8870:96:94:273 120.40.130.70
    TamPantoja4 olivernason3812@zinggalms.shop 45.8.125.72
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GaleBayley2766 galebayley34@among.ehomu.com 144.48.52.235
    leathahendrix leathahendrix@freundin.ru 120.40.130.70
    larry-naranjo9712 larry-naranjo9712@myemailhostonline.shop 186.179.42.108
    konstantinmakarovxh3175 konstantinmakarovxh3175@rambler.ru 161.115.230.98
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    sofanordcasa sofanordcasa@onlinecmail.com (empty)
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FranciscoJavier franciscoarroyocortes@gmail.com 37.134.110.62
    202:420:2438:034:525:3:5454:314 202:420:2438:034:525:3:5454:314 120.40.130.70
    qzsannoi qzsannoi@bethcampbell.biz 170.246.55.102
    dellaomalley dellaomalley@saiqeg.top 172.69.134.82
    KiaLeckie7 kialeckie24@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.216
    bessie-gill bessie-gill@81d9.scalesurge.io 104.22.20.142
    albertomacarthur albertomacarthur@waroengpremium.com 162.158.167.134
    ReginaldFilson patriciagonzalez8886narn@d.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.117.45
    antoshka2042 antoshka2042@letter42.com 172.71.158.69
    thomasmartinez1084jebl thomasmartinez1084jebl@c.welcometotijuana.com 92.118.41.253
    202:03:8:1200:747:425:160:3 202:03:8:1200:747:425:160:3 120.40.130.70
    engelder engelder@t-online.de 120.40.130.70
    bstout bstout@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    antonkitahi antonkitahi@mail.ru 172.71.158.69
    202:03:92:7701:492:493:805:67 202:03:92:7701:492:493:805:67 120.40.130.70
    jamestaylor497ohr3 jamestaylor497ohr3@blog-stuff.com 107.173.142.178
    202:03:85:6200:9:13:87:519 202:03:85:6200:9:13:87:519 120.40.130.70
    202:462:4:0:12:481:8:448 202:462:4:0:12:481:8:448 120.40.130.70
    pmgen pmgen@fastmail.com 202:60:22:3000:762:231:837:709