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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 - 2 Dec 2025 9:16 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,681
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ElliottBosley elliottbosley-7703@mcguide.cc 196.198.13.3
    202:8086:9:1200:1426:978:3:1 202:8086:9:1200:1426:978:3:1 120.40.130.70
    2806:20:570:7:1159:9202:380:4 2806:20:570:7:1159:9202:380:4 120.40.130.70
    JerrellRoseby43 jennifergarcia53449gzi@c.gsavps.xyz 38.154.56.111
    jerrytew8797 jerrytew8797@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.155.58
    SilasTedbury0 silas-tedbury7847@tsybulko.kiev.ua 123.23.14.63
    WillPatel8 danielgarcia7463z4jk@mustdoindubai.com 196.240.38.70
    GeorginaMariano georgina-mariano@tsybulko.kiev.ua 103.103.33.166
    EmileBurdge1 barbarawilliams9189xb05@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.39.237
    DennisCoats11 dennisdennis34@volopa.topgun.fit 140.235.168.110
    SilasTedbury0 silas-tedbury7847@tsybulko.kiev.ua 167.56.74.186
    margueriterosales margueriterosales@now.mefound.com 104.22.20.194
    FrancescoWinton francesco.winton@tsybulko.kiev.ua 169.224.66.151
    GeorginaMariano georgina-mariano@tsybulko.kiev.ua 45.230.217.143
    ElyseYro62 elysebear@tsybulko.kiev.ua 103.79.255.82
    ErickGalleghan howardfetty4142@anonmails.de 170.168.232.66
    earlecumpston4215 earlecumpston4215@mailmenot.io 172.71.155.57
    bbarrett bbarrett@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4681:51:250:1:745:725 2001:0:4681:51:250:1:745:725 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:70:312:4883:69:6:7 2001:0:70:312:4883:69:6:7 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:786:48:256:82:135:3 2001:0:786:48:256:82:135:3 120.40.130.70
    anastasie anastasie@electricscooter.city 172.93.232.173
    2001:0:444:6195:10:323:741:31 2001:0:444:6195:10:323:741:31 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:471:47:852:47:32:143 2001:0:471:47:852:47:32:143 120.40.130.70
    KatherinDolling katherinkatherin83@cagoha.wins.guru 193.233.208.250
    giuseppedowner1125 giuseppedowner1125@anonmails.de 144.125.8.63
    2001:0:43:832:415:289:3:858 2001:0:43:832:415:289:3:858 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:435:1775:0:420:39:758 2001:0:435:1775:0:420:39:758 120.40.130.70
    GracieHgd3044 gracie-billings@healthdietshop.com 178.32.124.195
    2001:0:437:8:6:188:50:33 2001:0:437:8:6:188:50:33 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4790:8:618:75:971:8237 2001:0:4790:8:618:75:971:8237 120.40.130.70
    CARMEN carmen.guerrero@fitosoil.com 2.136.13.157
    2001:0:4881:6389:317:870:1136:4378 2001:0:4881:6389:317:870:1136:4378 120.40.130.70
    felicitasgeorge4913 felicitasgeorge4913@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.135.60
    lindasmith4277lwqk lindasmith4277lwqk@budgetthailandtravel.com 152.232.160.117
    ZenaidaDaq patbiddell1586@anonmails.de 154.196.73.26
    2409:402:1032:63:183:785:17:9176 2409:402:1032:63:183:785:17:9176 120.40.130.70
    millieheysen92 millieheysen92@tapa.unylix.com 172.69.23.148
    jolene.westcott jolene.westcott@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:8:87:337:381:913 2001:0:42:8:87:337:381:913 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:513:127:40:62:9:4352 2001:0:513:127:40:62:9:4352 120.40.130.70
    2001:0::701:674::79:5827 2001:0::701:674::79:5827 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:35:72:754:870:991 2001:0:43:35:72:754:870:991 120.40.130.70
    JeanaPinnock88 heathersreadings@web.de 77.246.99.200
    aws-vs2 aws-vs2@inbox.lv (empty)
    tammyrossetti32 tammyrossetti32@tapa.unylix.com 172.71.155.64
    irina-vargo irina-vargo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:564:2657:45:75:80:3809 2001:0:564:2657:45:75:80:3809 120.40.130.70
    CheriKifer676 toneyastley@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    dsds dsds@bestwork24.store 65.111.22.56
    FletcherGoldfinc benjie.thtan@web.de 77.246.99.200
    2803:160:500:57:986:587:784:53 2803:160:500:57:986:587:784:53 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4521:66:1:3:14:5604 2001:0:4521:66:1:3:14:5604 120.40.130.70
    ErmelindaWolfe ermelindawolfe-1458@epicplayblog.cc 23.108.2.152
    nealwishart9419 nealwishart9419@anonmails.de 217.218.153.249
    TPUofBianchiHassan079iH TPUofBianchiHassan079iH@gmail.com 45.92.127.45
    NoelBoling67154 eldengollan@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    ambrose.manna ambrose.manna@1847.rshrthertherth.net 207.182.29.90
    dsdhhh414141in dsdhhh414141in@loancalculator.world (empty)
    NataliaCoull905 timcook1999@salpingomyu.ru 64.31.20.24
    newedeseres newedeseres@anonmails.de 45.142.252.12
    2601:645:7:170:03:612:52:89 2601:645:7:170:03:612:52:89 120.40.130.70
    2601:580:002:60:08:832:9:42 2601:580:002:60:08:832:9:42 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5281:736:704::09:4494 2001:0:5281:736:704::09:4494 120.40.130.70
    lauradymock182 lauradymock182@tempr.email 172.69.135.117
    ZelmaY67944 santobennelong1882@anonmails.de 154.195.107.220
    ValerieTow waseo@webtoteam.shop 206.162.251.157
    202:3100:675:900:51:03:403:6407 202:3100:675:900:51:03:403:6407 120.40.130.70
    SidneyZ24323 adelaideschott@anonmails.de 170.168.232.66
    tammyburkholder2426 tammyburkholder2426@mailmenot.io 162.158.166.210