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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 - 23 Feb 2026 4:36 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,311
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dianabeeson dianabeeson@rsmspca.com 104.22.17.127
    josefinaprim6967 josefinaprim6967@ecolo-online.fr 95.237.151.27
    Santos41A61369 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 191.96.95.184
    LavernFrantz876 kelliamber@solstris.com 191.96.95.126
    jozsef.botka jozsef.botka@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    Indiadef vladb51557184@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    jermaine.bischof jermaine.bischof@comfort.thetravellersrest.click 172.71.154.178
    NorineAlger53 tedtia@solstris.com 23.95.219.153
    antal.debre antal.debre@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    CassandraPate2 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 196.242.195.206
    zoltan.repassy zoltan.repassy@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    anna.zrinyifalvi anna.zrinyifalvi@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    laszlo.ellenbach laszlo.ellenbach@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    kraigblackwelder kraigblackwelder@anonmails.de 172.69.134.82
    brigitta.halasz brigitta.halasz@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    karendavis80263ah2 karendavis80263ah2@travel-e-store.com 185.214.97.76
    20:40:344:801:7:531:949:503 20:40:344:801:7:531:949:503 120.40.130.70
    h.ol.oto.tudur.291 h.ol.oto.tudur.291@gmail.com 109.70.100.10
    sharronsaavedra231 sharronsaavedra231@anonmails.de 72.211.46.124
    dwuertele dwuertele@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    joshuawilson25010o87 joshuawilson25010o87@gsasearchengineranker.com 162.158.167.44
    CoraBirch04082 roberts302252@onelettersmail.com 154.223.211.70
    CarolineThyer tate701024@onelettersmail.com 45.88.168.205
    franco.lizarme.melanie5u franco.lizarme.melanie5u@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MindaHaro4 finlaylynette@solstris.com 223.29.254.160
    wdawson wdawson@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    mikanderson mikanderson@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    CareyCard7395 spear149987@onelettersmail.com 139.28.235.129
    richardlopez65304ygq richardlopez65304ygq@travel-e-store.com 172.69.22.86
    zoltan.laboncz zoltan.laboncz@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    Chassidy7031 spooner231619@notlettersmail.com 45.88.169.136
    diana.kalmar diana.kalmar@knaus.hu 120.40.130.70
    mindy.mindy54 mindy.mindy54@fivame.commumail.xyz 104.22.17.126
    lbagdadi lbagdadi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    susharma susharma@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    simaddi simaddi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    isabellaharold isabellaharold@feedback.51tiemo.com 154.199.14.164
    chelewis chelewis@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    yoni yoni@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    GayPeake35987 junkodwayne@solstris.com 196.242.178.167
    mesetiawan mesetiawan@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    mahdesai mahdesai@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    berniestrother1763 berniestrother1763@anonmails.de 172.69.134.83
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    tchi tchi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jiangu jiangu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jacquetta-stahlman94 jacquetta-stahlman94@comfort.carolinensielrestaura 109.122.24.71
    hgrosman hgrosman@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:598:96:800::1200:122 202:598:96:800::1200:122 120.40.130.70
    StephenOrami smirnovzhenjawx2904@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    rjosyula rjosyula@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    aweddell aweddell@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    SilviaAldridge8 kathrynreed@solstris.com 223.29.254.160
    ShirleyNarelle arturoshannan@solstris.com 223.29.254.73
    elon elon@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jglenn jglenn@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    VidaRust518185 vida-rust5689@website-aces.org 45.42.88.103
    jenny-goldfeld64 jenny-goldfeld64@healthypplevery.org 141.164.86.172
    jsmith jsmith@forensicrisk.com 120.40.130.70
    james james@22ovz.com 120.40.130.70
    juanmiguelsanchezcabrera00 juanmiguelsanchezcabrera00@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    VictorinaB victorinabrass@themanlythings.com 199.101.142.31
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    Corey54762 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.242.195.130
    James James@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tfortenberry tfortenberry@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    marcinw marcinw@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ZL9tUMw6HDni ZL9tUMw6HDni@example.com 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:267:980:440:0:1800:0:11 202:267:980:440:0:1800:0:11 120.40.130.70
    rupert.klee rupert.klee@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LeiaScarborough leiascarborough4766@website-aces.org 45.42.88.126
    Gennie3253 leonaebner9684@anonmails.de 154.16.206.197