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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 - 18 Sep 2026 6:02 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,529
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Tosha57K2166324 wvenyanigisnuur95@nestmailbox.com 144.124.251.24
    wamcjgngxMi wamcjgngxMi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    7ca080f9012fc2a7180fff88b44251b4 7ca080f9012fc2a7180fff88b44251b4@sentry.dnaneer.co 120.40.130.70
    lbhuapipyEn lbhuapipyEn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    2hereggthhu 2hereggthhu@anonmails.de 172.69.135.14
    KariMcgriff0 kari-mcgriff44@cc.openbillieholiday.click 138.229.98.185
    aofficev aofficev@mail.ru 185.81.222.2
    FYKSimon4579072 ryanzella@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    202:267:2:4700:0:000:0:9 202:267:2:4700:0:000:0:9 120.40.130.70
    emely.hannam emely.hannam@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.143
    qbezhxhessi qbezhxhessi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    htlenwypnsi htlenwypnsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    hdllvntjxEn hdllvntjxEn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    jzoxxbixlei jzoxxbixlei@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    LeomaWellish leomaleoma@lovixi.topgun.fit 194.180.233.150
    Zulma57X51179996 zulma-fenstermacher@contact.wisetransferhubs.click 139.180.224.187
    SonyaMccloud sonyamccloud@openbillieholiday.click 147.92.52.212
    XBTDoyle94914812 doyle-doyle@suyuyu.bearbox.buzz 194.180.233.150
    agxmhjttkmt agxmhjttkmt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    giqyyovemEn giqyyovemEn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    AidanWeedon2 anthonyjackson548nq98@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 152.232.52.126
    focqpwyshKr focqpwyshKr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    VeraMackrell salemyamamoto9366@b.seoautomationpro.com 198.20.178.67
    bosinotsvOn bosinotsvOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    KattieOcampo606 kattie.ocampo41@openbillieholiday.click 72.14.95.94
    Ward41853652857 davidjackson7894tvrd@f.seoautomationpro.com 72.57.65.87
    mg.lenenko.t.pan.ksw.i.mp.u.l mg.lenenko.t.pan.ksw.i.mp.u.l@gmail.com 172.69.23.184
    xkllcdfwlKr xkllcdfwlKr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    oozlecxbeMi oozlecxbeMi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    kaobei kaobei@tuta.io 202:60:510:6107::23
    DawnAdamek68 patriciawilliams4043rs5r@a.blog-stuff.com 152.232.52.6
    imfnumwvpEn imfnumwvpEn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    edgar-catchpole edgar-catchpole@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:12:96:81:20:95:310 202:1808:12:96:81:20:95:310 120.40.130.70
    ulrichfollett ulrichfollett@cc.openbillieholiday.click 148.59.184.46
    Justin58F741114 justin-stahl43@contact.wisetransferhubs.click 148.59.185.180
    dakota-dakota dakota-dakota@nugavu.wish.rest 120.40.130.70
    uyclgrkhomt uyclgrkhomt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    gonlhltlsKr gonlhltlsKr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    charlawestmacott charlawestmacott@hohohim.com 172.69.135.14
    dorotheawalcott20 dorotheawalcott20@fog.blyxen.org 162.158.167.144
    charlesjones8248173n charlesjones8248173n@b.gsavps.xyz 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    WeldonBridges wallomonqg8r95@nestmailbox.com 152.232.156.125
    karentaylor2444kx4p karentaylor2444kx4p@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.20.57
    ziarszcniEn ziarszcniEn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    TamieCooks99 soonzita@veauly.com 144.48.52.254
    islztbziqKr islztbziqKr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    lfqadblnksi lfqadblnksi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    exxlmdzhkEn exxlmdzhkEn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    wguibermeMi wguibermeMi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    FannieHiatt charlesmartin91650nfn@c.indexpulse.app 72.57.67.217
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cgsnrasomsi cgsnrasomsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    202:1810:409:00:9854:26:0:6817 202:1810:409:00:9854:26:0:6817 120.40.130.70
    coxeuclyimt coxeuclyimt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    CharmainHaun salemyamamoto9366@b.seoautomationpro.com 152.232.160.143
    ilnur.fakrislamov.1980 ilnur.fakrislamov.1980@gmail.com 104.22.20.57
    Don768018290 thomassmith763115lc@b.theindexer.shop 69.4.92.148
    charlessmith2081j5us charlessmith2081j5us@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.78
    JeannineCarvosso jeannine.carvosso@openbillieholiday.click 139.180.224.193
    wkmrypnogmt wkmrypnogmt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    GlendaCantrell glendacantrell42@cc.openbillieholiday.click 139.180.224.63
    wuguzh wuguzh@fextemp.com 89.111.30.182
    gregory3 gregory3@equilibrium.cfd 173.211.0.77
    JacquelynBolling danielbyrne25824@seoautomationpro.com 196.51.102.220
    mart.a.spe.ll.ow.d.a mart.a.spe.ll.ow.d.a@gmail.com 176.36.146.80