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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 - 20 Jun 2026 7:48 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,263
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    hwablocher hwablocher@socialdesign.top 172.71.154.178
    hiltonbatista hiltonbatista@erpin.org 110.244.95.78
    novogireevo-klinika.ru Arcat@gmail.com 104.23.190.145
    LarryPino0 susanrusso69106dq1t@d.seoautomationpro.com 64.188.9.203
    lik12 lik12@blogranks.top 104.22.20.142
    dominik-dominik dominik-dominik@rapugo.icew.store 172.69.22.86
    MarkSeward06897 markseward71@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    penelope-penelope96 penelope-penelope96@ximeca.carport.mom 162.158.167.122
    ad.ri.ana.an.dr.es.d.enn.is ad.ri.ana.an.dr.es.d.enn.is@gmail.com 104.22.20.143
    wayneabell35 wayneabell35@tuli.lyvix.org 120.40.130.70
    alekseevaantonina2019 alekseevaantonina2019@mail.ru 144.79.133.31
    jerewofford jerewofford@1secmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lavrentevaanetta88 lavrentevaanetta88@mail.ru 144.79.133.31
    lik22 lik22@blogranks.top 104.22.20.143
    g.ra.ve.s.l.u.is.e.ddi.e g.ra.ve.s.l.u.is.e.ddi.e@gmail.com 172.71.159.81
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mariearmstrong mariearmstrong@kudagacor.fun 172.69.22.87
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    qweqw qweqw@wc2026bet.ru 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LelaWindham227 lela.windham@suggest.wisetransferhubs.click 67.226.219.129
    paulette-jeffcott99 paulette-jeffcott99@bdfe.thomasin.online 172.71.159.81
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kelleyshimizu49 kelleyshimizu49@tapo.claxyn.com 154.16.69.123
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jemmy emysoredil1@gmail.com 110.54.174.205
    porfiriochampiondecrespigny porfiriochampiondecrespigny@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.121
    e.j.roi.wer e.j.roi.wer@gmail.com 172.69.22.87
    JeremyMate205 jeremymate30@toy.pettin.com 23.95.204.251
    ShirleyStrzeleck shirleystrzelecki55@toy.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    nataleac nataleac@proton.me 2405:600:46:86:65:5:185:89
    KandyGruner158 kandygruner79@fast.veauly.com 154.16.69.76
    lik24 lik24@blogranks.top 172.69.134.70
    sjtducniod sjtducniod@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    jacklyncrowe-858 jacklyncrowe-858@megaposty.com 172.71.159.82
    sjtducniod sjtducniod@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    michaelgarcia4553r2a6 michaelgarcia4553r2a6@b.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.215.207
    JoshVarela3 williamjones819t7o2@b.blog-stuff.com 107.175.85.62
    lik lik@blogranks.top 193.58.104.138
    whatseo whatseo@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    myvtngsjmf myvtngsjmf@rambler.ru 79.127.175.9
    bdrshoeu bdrshoeu@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    JBGLorenza thomaszhang26904@seoautomationpro.com 185.61.217.12
    mohamedquintana mohamedquintana@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.159.81
    YaniraReynoso matthewmartinez32791t5f1@c.seoautomationpro.com 107.173.46.115
    gra.v.es.lu.ised.di.e gra.v.es.lu.ised.di.e@gmail.com 172.71.159.81
    HallieHeyes30 hallieheyes1@last.muzaco.com 102.165.53.235
    JudyFreitas921 elizabethjones3179wmms@c.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.209.248
    afgisfboip afgisfboip@rambler.ru 79.127.175.9
    terra.terra terra.terra@bizogi.fckmail.online 104.22.17.126
    ElvaSantoro18 avaal-ahmad52202@b.seoautomationpro.com 147.45.76.207
    senaida.senaida senaida.senaida@rapugo.icew.store 104.22.17.127
    ShannonLeavens1 shannonleavens90@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.220
    laisattami1970 laisattami1970@mailnorms.com 172.69.134.71
    in30 in30@blogwebsite.top 193.58.104.145
    marilynnhalstead28 marilynnhalstead28@camino.blyxen.com 120.40.130.70
    donaldgonzalez7816cn1a donaldgonzalez7816cn1a@f.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    ChelseyLoos063 chelseyloos61@hell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.31