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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 - 29 Jun 2026 4:20 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,814
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    billierrm3 info@lexoft.com.ua 104.252.107.51
    patriciagonzalez8095hbfj patriciagonzalez8095hbfj@backlinks.monster 196.51.191.228
    derickmacgillivray derickmacgillivray@discard.email 162.158.167.121
    brittanypumpkin brittanypumpkin@koes.justdied.com 162.158.167.121
    MeaganArrington yvettehollars@discardmail.com 23.236.197.183
    alissa.goldhar alissa.goldhar@support.51tiemo.com 172.69.22.86
    khalidal-mohammed7608 khalidal-mohammed7608@a.seoautomationpro.com 151.247.185.164
    wvandrey wvandrey@yandex.ru 31.134.187.188
    lavon-abt5616 lavon-abt5616@megaposty.com 162.158.167.122
    jeanettgloria jeanettgloria@veauly.com 172.71.154.179
    qvjzswgv qvjzswgv@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lakeshaalcantar lakeshaalcantar@pecinan.net 104.22.20.143
    sinatracouturepayments sinatracouturepayments@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    mkyofwie mkyofwie@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KirstenAtencio reggiemalin@anonmails.de 151.241.125.33
    jinaagostini jinaagostini@freundin.ru 104.22.17.126
    select0fromselectsleep15v+select0fromselectsleep15 select0fromselectsleep15v+select0fromselectsleep15 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com0XORifnowsysdatesleep150XORZ 120.40.130.70
    jaquelineeagle59 jaquelineeagle59@korvit.zerivo.eu 172.71.154.179
    xkgroup xkgroup@yeah.net 120.40.130.70
    rodneycoble6448 rodneycoble6448@discard.email 104.22.20.143
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    westfieldmallbranchnbo westfieldmallbranchnbo@kipusalimited.com 120.40.130.70
    select0fromselectsleep15v+select0fromselectsleep15 select0fromselectsleep15v+select0fromselectsleep15 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.comDBMSPIPE.RECEIVEMESSAGECHR98CHR 120.40.130.70
    BlairZoll91 blair-zoll@clubnikagames777guide.top 72.56.158.217
    select198766667891fromDUAL select198766667891fromDUAL 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com0XORifnowsysdatesleep150XORZ 120.40.130.70
    BlairZoll91 blair-zoll@clubnikagames777guide.top 72.56.159.94
    lik24 lik24@blogranks.top 172.71.159.82
    yutimod.ojox.7.30 yutimod.ojox.7.30@gmail.com 89.124.67.242
    201:48:120:7868:100:68:0:2 201:48:120:7868:100:68:0:2 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lik22 lik22@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    adict.perch398 adict.perch398@passmail.net 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lik22 lik22@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mr.alan.chan mr.alan.chan@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    lik26 lik26@blogranks.top 172.71.154.179
    jcjohnsesecuneta jcjohnsesecuneta@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    Ana cosmeticca@outlook.es 79.116.153.43
    inclusion inclusion@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    elizabethjohnson97000l5i elizabethjohnson97000l5i@gsasearchengineranker.gur 192.186.131.34
    w.eggenreiter w.eggenreiter@aon.at 120.40.130.70
    sheritacatalan1804 sheritacatalan1804@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.126
    selenamacdowell selenamacdowell@vilocom.vn 192.186.131.38
    KarlaDieter7123 leannerinehart@tempr.email 175.34.36.22
    ruthiemcevilly37 ruthiemcevilly37@hawk.oxilv.com 120.40.130.70
    brandenaraujo brandenaraujo@getwisetransfer.click 72.57.95.46
    desmonddeshotel.3427 desmonddeshotel.3427@netdeal.site 45.130.81.92
    reception reception@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    digital digital@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    yss yss@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    dpo dpo@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    kinaracine61 kinaracine61@bdfe.thomasin.online 190.123.212.85
    compliments compliments@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    safeguarding safeguarding@youngepilepsy.org.uk 120.40.130.70
    mmph9 mmph9@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    complaints complaints@youngepilepsy.org.uk 31.44.59.224
    sandra sandra@b.itchydog.store 104.22.17.127
    Maria cosmeticca@outlook.es 79.116.153.43
    202:468:3:0:81:1:815:5 202:468:3:0:81:1:815:5 120.40.130.70
    ngela cosmeticca@outlook.es 79.116.153.43
    marian.villalpando376 marian.villalpando376@fpsrealm.xyz 120.40.130.70
    desapariciondepezi desapariciondepezi@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    IrisOLoughlin3 iris-iris@ridara.likeme.buzz 94.154.127.49
    johnrodriguez9673k8e4 johnrodriguez9673k8e4@c.travel-e-store.com 104.22.17.127
    Angela cosmeticca@outlook.es 79.116.153.43
    alvinreno alvinreno@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.69.22.86
    lead.desimonefootcentre lead.desimonefootcentre@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    spam03poubelle spam03poubelle@proton.me 120.40.130.70