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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 - 17 Aug 2026 4:48 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,740
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:442:192:0:945:64:464:04 202:442:192:0:945:64:464:04 120.40.130.70
    BettyGatty5857 jenniferjackson7019x2kh@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 72.57.64.199
    LatoshaDortch31 charleshernandez8100lf9o@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 66.63.164.157
    EmeliaFuentes9 emeliafuentes43@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.227
    HymanBrice53372 hymanbrice72@fiber.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    michael michael@twohearts.net 2600:1700:31:20:182:2332:88:44
    name name@example.org 120.40.130.70
    AntonyY065 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    crystleburrow crystleburrow@anonmails.de 186.179.61.77
    202:8108:8125:100:6843:74:805: 202:8108:8125:100:6843:74:805: 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:1640:827:00::6:7 2001:8:1640:827:00::6:7 120.40.130.70
    ShannonCyr shannonshannon@pekope.fckmail.online 89.19.34.69
    louveniabroccoli64 louveniabroccoli64@healthypplevery.org 149.20.244.206
    revoke revoke@example.org 120.40.130.70
    456 456@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jon.smith jon.smith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    BruceStuth mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 202.47.87.5
    2405:4802:634:50:68:9:13:6 2405:4802:634:50:68:9:13:6 120.40.130.70
    LatiaMcKim7660 latiamckim22@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.254
    JeanaH79978 jeanariver47@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    CelindaPaxton35 wmonzesetbr94@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.188
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AllenColdham459 allencoldham96@put.pettin.com 177.234.143.121
    GitaR96899 gitawickens98@put.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    ChelseyGraff robertthomas7983lpsz@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 94.46.184.167
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    JenniVgm40667583 jennirodriquez23@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.76
    VetaVarghese93 vetavarghese16@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.200
    DavidaJ259670307 davidajeffreys77@act.milkgg.com 102.165.54.226
    Nora760463 noradenby76@fast.veauly.com 102.165.53.200
    john28 john28@firnie.com 120.40.130.70
    EldonBagley06 wtoedrinkt7er94@nestmailbox.com 217.60.114.129
    AmosGodoy23 wganntairh2r93@nestmailbox.com 78.157.213.28
    willis-gotti willis-gotti@healthypplevery.org 120.40.130.70
    HarrisWeatherbur harrisweatherburn47@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.235
    patriciamartin535445ba patriciamartin535445ba@seoautomationpro.online 217.60.121.127
    jorgemyres jorgemyres-5549@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.123
    2607:91:6:42:3:651:7:9 2607:91:6:42:3:651:7:9 120.40.130.70
    dwight-quintanilla-7776 dwight-quintanilla-7776@stonecreekdesk.com 196.247.224.23
    QKEMyles860 mylesoddie61@toy.pettin.com 223.29.254.39
    WandaEllery wmuncindu9ar94@nestmailbox.com 217.60.114.34
    eliseev-i87yl eliseev-i87yl@rambler.ru 152.232.72.179
    MatildaFaulkner robertrodriguez8086kd5@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.115
    luciowinters250 luciowinters250@dvd.dns-cloud.net 149.50.215.202
    MarcusFarias marcusfarias95@.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    240:61:700:731:4093:48:8:32 240:61:700:731:4093:48:8:32 120.40.130.70
    DeniseOgles waerach6mr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.102
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    VidaEichelberger vidaeichelberger6@slide.veauly.com 191.101.114.29
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    kononyuk00 kononyuk00@internet.ru 120.40.130.70
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    ernestineangus5798 ernestineangus5798@discardmail.com 154.201.74.75
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    JuliusMedrano juliusmedrano12@these.veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    gukov-ir5u0 gukov-ir5u0@rambler.ru 161.115.230.98
    MorganHolley0 morganholley77@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.159
    daniellahertz-crowley daniellahertz-crowley@healthypplevery.org 69.58.72.187
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    charlitrel noah9679acx@tev-lev.de 68.71.247.130
    how how@blogranks.top 45.8.255.167
    ZeldaVok731 zeldaratcliff27@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.7
    Alba35H8572195 albamistry85@brick.pettin.com 181.215.16.116
    TracySolberg mia@mail.exyukanali.tv 216.173.105.113
    Teddy10R21 teddytribolet53@feed.cdfaq.com 144.48.52.117
    MatildaMcGuigan wlimunovogoar94@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.221
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    josephjohnson6293p21w josephjohnson6293p21w@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 156.230.196.137
    LinetteOLoughlin linetteoloughlin53@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    Alfonzo1627 alfonzocallaway67@toy.pettin.com 23.95.204.251
    stormytran stormytran@pw.epac.to 120.231.175.163
    ChristianLanglan elizabethjohnson8032qq6c@b.travel-e-store.com 23.229.114.35
    BenScarber benscarberry82@gribel.veranta.eu 154.17.255.165
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