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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 Sep 2026 7:05 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,703
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AnthonySkync pmpjtdug@firsthidden.com 185.255.126.13
    BudSteinman7 beauclarita@veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    xqgxmosheon xqgxmosheon@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    2600:8800:5094:00:829:740:8166:2110 2600:8800:5094:00:829:740:8166:2110 120.40.130.70
    qywlbwlsfPl qywlbwlsfPl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    2600:8800:5094:00:829:740:8166:2110 2600:8800:5094:00:829:740:8166:2110 120.40.130.70
    rxegwxwosSn rxegwxwosSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    2003:7:74:286:300:341:59:717 2003:7:74:286:300:341:59:717 120.40.130.70
    unzdvduudmr unzdvduudmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    ElaineFlagg204 hugorene@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    WallaceCaudle soonzita@veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    jcxrrzygeOl jcxrrzygeOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    nkxjkibuiSn nkxjkibuiSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    wztyjvqtcOl wztyjvqtcOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    mbocwnazson mbocwnazson@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    khoatcb khoatcb@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    JoeyGnf9563 joey-joey@pejunu.mailbook.xyz 62.204.49.49
    tsjbbygpzPl tsjbbygpzPl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    ihwqpwoawmr ihwqpwoawmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    etjfbvfzlMn etjfbvfzlMn@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    nqtahmbjmOl nqtahmbjmOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    LizaDanfor andrewmoore7419g7su@d.blog-stuff.com 38.154.38.46
    yfztlowwsmr yfztlowwsmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    siwbtlpxbkl siwbtlpxbkl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    myzcajfojOl myzcajfojOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    uswabvnvwon uswabvnvwon@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    etzqxxuremr etzqxxuremr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    khaind khaind@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    khanhtm khanhtm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    nedlvvehoOl nedlvvehoOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    dnltohzvyOl dnltohzvyOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    pjjltmqdwon pjjltmqdwon@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    sebastianjantai1234+nk sebastianjantai1234+nk@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    s.v.emelin s.v.emelin@mail.ru 92.36.117.136
    dbhnqhehjPl dbhnqhehjPl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    hipuhenge hipuhenge@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    pokxhitgySn pokxhitgySn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    Kaylee2959 beauclarita@veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    dyrxdsotrkl dyrxdsotrkl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    siennathorn7113 siennathorn7113@anonmails.de 172.71.159.82
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    aupegmwhxmr aupegmwhxmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    iewsuutzhkl iewsuutzhkl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    as.roberto as.roberto@outloo.com (empty)
    wayne319 wayne319@partnersucheseite.de 120.40.130.70
    tobelbaddi tobelbaddi@mail.ru 172.70.86.196
    njzqqtqdfPl njzqqtqdfPl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
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    alfred.anivitti alfred.anivitti@xmail.cam 172.71.159.82
    RaymonLain raymonlain@query.meettravellersrest.click 66.146.232.238
    vukooyfuvkl vukooyfuvkl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    jessicajohnson5736dxa jessicajohnson5736dxa@c.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    FranklynBaldridg franklynbaldridge@query.meettravellersrest.click 149.20.244.205
    pphykiwykOl pphykiwykOl@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
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    JerrellThrower2 jerrellthrower90@query.meettravellersrest.click 139.180.224.239
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    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    aceeqvyfcon aceeqvyfcon@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    tioowehumon tioowehumon@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    papa vitorsantos@live.nl 202:45:382:0:805:177:82:182
    ubwtzawjfkl ubwtzawjfkl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    izsrcdaj izsrcdaj@ishowfirstmail.com 120.40.130.70
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