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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 - 6 Dec 2025 5:05 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,284
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    wmalta7hr70 wmalta7hr70@nestmailbox.com 172.71.159.138
    maziebuckland16 maziebuckland16@gularte73.browndecorationlights.co 172.71.159.137
    hello hello@skillbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    qpflowers-485472-wkdd qpflowers-485472-wkdd@yandex.ru 172.69.22.195
    2001:0:41:98:63:87:8:7443 2001:0:41:98:63:87:8:7443 120.40.130.70
    gita.hilder54 gita.hilder54@twistz.top 104.238.42.178
    coy-dobson22 coy-dobson22@shrinkr.top 104.238.41.53
    KevinCavill43 angelesgrenda@anonmails.de 45.144.36.104
    202:020:542:47:03:58:9220:35 202:020:542:47:03:58:9220:35 120.40.130.70
    paouqua paouqua@mailbox.in.ua 120.40.130.70
    ekaterina.fufaeva ekaterina.fufaeva@skillbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    gennicksomexrumerkey25 gennicksomexrumerkey25@gmail.com 212.119.46.55
    florian florian@florian.bangeshop.com (empty)
    stephenloy1983 stephenloy1983@finicfml.com 149.88.18.28
    Basiliacliva seoseaspace@gmail.com 144.124.249.111
    blakedeville6229 blakedeville6229@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.134.210
    FlorriePoltpalin florriepoltpalingada@genshinzone.cc 168.81.46.192
    diannemcclendon diannemcclendon@anonmails.de 104.22.20.195
    202:473:859:0:2547::80:789 202:473:859:0:2547::80:789 120.40.130.70
    anikeev-d anikeev-d@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    QRREmilie7041 wbeatclubhpr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.34
    elojyxax elojyxax@ffkelmmail.com 158.69.118.188
    JarrodDannevig7 jarrod-dannevig.4682@alikando.su 77.238.254.196
    2001:0:4726:39:584:99:520:609 2001:0:4726:39:584:99:520:609 120.40.130.70
    t.82.72.677. t.82.72.677.@gmail.com 173.239.254.235
    2001:0:5385:599:310:94:05:1821 2001:0:5385:599:310:94:05:1821 120.40.130.70
    adrienne.taubman43 adrienne.taubman43@5114.adspertsolution.online 104.22.20.195
    Ricardo97T ricardo-martyn@genshinzone.cc 196.242.178.68
    2001:0:43:44:45:3:1952:70 2001:0:43:44:45:3:1952:70 120.40.130.70
    psyptob spant@prohabits.es 141.98.11.43
    2804:868:045:3087:103:23:42:845 2804:868:045:3087:103:23:42:845 120.40.130.70
    JamalRae07 jamal-rae@alikando.su 77.238.254.196
    2800:810:48:32:5:14:91:5058 2800:810:48:32:5:14:91:5058 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:37:830:616:01:80 2001:0:42:37:830:616:01:80 120.40.130.70
    ofahat ofahat@prtlinuxemail.com 166.1.131.53
    2001:0:41:2827:4::99:964 2001:0:41:2827:4::99:964 120.40.130.70
    annis-pimentel annis-pimentel@healthdietshop.com 104.22.20.194
    2001:0:5384:211:319:998:789:2710 2001:0:5384:211:319:998:789:2710 120.40.130.70
    2067695597 2067695597@tmomail.net 191.102.155.249
    bellhallstrom4454 bellhallstrom4454@anonmails.de 104.22.20.195
    2001:0:5243:15:82:22:32:14 2001:0:5243:15:82:22:32:14 120.40.130.70
    lorraineferris1948 lorraineferris1948@salpingomyu.ru 172.69.22.195
    2001:0:481:8:463:478:98:90 2001:0:481:8:463:478:98:90 120.40.130.70
    info info@digital-x-press.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4294:32:347:5530:37:298 2001:0:4294:32:347:5530:37:298 120.40.130.70
    RosemaryAlbritto derrickdang@anonmails.de 194.33.38.174
    shanel-hallock shanel-hallock@healthdietshop.com 162.158.167.43
    spinfile-names.dat-spinfile-lnames.dat spinfile-names.dat-spinfile-lnames.dat@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    2001:0:5102:48:346:427:836:633 2001:0:5102:48:346:427:836:633 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:70:392:777:925:303 2001:0:43:70:392:777:925:303 120.40.130.70
    IvyOft4806 ivy-dubin@vovangames-spins.top 149.126.220.128
    ocezvuzil ocezvuzil@mailcorplrtgood.com 54.39.18.217
    nicholebenavides3938 nicholebenavides3938@888starz.cyou 162.158.167.43
    olegzaluri olegzaluri@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2804:70:779:134:2892:2:23:7 2804:70:779:134:2892:2:23:7 120.40.130.70
    elinortric k.jovic.sophi.ac.l.au.dia@gmail.com 171.234.8.168
    selenaloyd5723 selenaloyd5723@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    uvi.da.t.i.v.e.ne.88 uvi.da.t.i.v.e.ne.88@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    GeriDuigan1 hersheltunbridge3272@anonmails.de 78.138.127.62
    2001:0:432:5876:503:3:93:132 2001:0:432:5876:503:3:93:132 120.40.130.70
    matthewhernandez206dc0e matthewhernandez206dc0e@budgetthailandtravel.com 82.149.81.87
    info info@digital-x-press.com 120.40.130.70
    starmalloy9138 starmalloy9138@8.dnsabr.com 171.225.192.210
    christine.gangloff-ziegler christine.gangloff-ziegler@uha.fr 120.40.130.70
    fe.do.r.mu.t.a.nis fe.do.r.mu.t.a.nis@gmail.com 172.69.134.211
    BrittF3940 britt-abend7@quickz.top 104.193.213.214
    nathancorey7586 nathancorey7586@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.22.195
    stephainedebavay3526 stephainedebavay3526@tempr.email 170.130.178.46
    yolandaomeara7159 yolandaomeara7159@emailchief.website 172.71.159.137
    hildacooperrider1965 hildacooperrider1965@salpingomyu.ru 172.71.159.138
    olbravsufpa1985 olbravsufpa1985@op.pl 162.158.167.44
    BufordSage8 donniegoldstein@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    xeda.v.i.w.ox.o6.2.8 xeda.v.i.w.ox.o6.2.8@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    SommerStinnett7 sommerstinnett@slimz.top 151.240.182.111
    z.a.m.o.k.p.etr.ovs.ky2.023 z.a.m.o.k.p.etr.ovs.ky2.023@gmail.com 84.17.52.67
    202:1810:9420:00:28:5518:73:1 202:1810:9420:00:28:5518:73:1 120.40.130.70