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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 - 4 Sep 2026 1:38 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,793
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    christophermoore500rv9p christophermoore500rv9p@b.pattaya-mega.com 152.232.202.106
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 172.71.154.169
    shelliedovey shelliedovey@anonmails.de 172.69.23.51
    LuciaPointer90 lucia-lucia@muzezu.airmail.codes 45.141.128.214
    MatthewAgilt barbariska8912@gmail.com 144.124.226.31
    dpssmjzw dpssmjzw@firsthidden.com 172.69.23.52
    StaciaDownes314 juliusisaac@veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    DeeJay ayandabayanda205@gmail.com 41.56.137.194
    GenevieveParamor susananderson79711vu6@c.blog-stuff.com 198.20.181.2
    Blikinkfak nadezda070577@gmail.com 158.173.166.116
    Kristi1087 prop16@webtoteam.shop 193.58.104.76
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    VirgieWant80740 virgiewant31@put.pettin.com 23.81.230.194
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    davidwilliams d-nwilliams@hotmail.com 200:23:1430:25:593:233:57:
    Blikinkfak xb90aa93vc4b@gmail.com 158.173.79.230
    GabrielleRincon johnathanmaya@veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 172.69.23.131
    neuhaeusser neuhaeusser@bet-at-home.com 120.40.130.70
    JamelAylward559 eugeniatony@veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    papiurson papiurson@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    GloryGilfillan glorygilfillan13@slide.veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    h.a.s.i.k.i.ko.ko.ro h.a.s.i.k.i.ko.ko.ro@gmail.com 104.22.20.143
    1jefeddyhu 1jefeddyhu@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    205:92:56:5316:093:90:7902:976 205:92:56:5316:093:90:7902:976 120.40.130.70
    britneykeogh britneykeogh@anonmails.de 162.158.167.43
    EllieBurrows michaelmartinez5111edhi@a.blog-stuff.com 38.154.115.164
    bartek.bojdol bartek.bojdol@interia.pl 120.40.130.70
    v7rtm7tnsags v7rtm7tnsags@inboxfast.space 120.40.130.70
    michaelwilliams4205ciqe michaelwilliams4205ciqe@a.travel-e-store.com 172.71.159.81
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    CarlotaAltamiran lindamoore66900b0f@a.verifiedlinklist.com 192.186.144.251
    KathleenN38 kassiestanton@veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    FosterAllred634 sarahjohnson4105hwc7@b.blog-stuff.com 72.57.70.141
    Blikinkfak slavakulakov2012@gmail.com 158.173.79.230
    dht dht@99.com 120.40.130.70
    ReneeHutson017 jessicamartinez9049ljbd@b.resorts-in-asia.com 23.236.188.95
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    klepinin.artem97 klepinin.artem97@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    TravisMcGrowdie christopherjackson4151kie2@c.budgetthailandtravel. 64.188.13.188
    HildegardeBraley donaldjohnson9972v1xy@c.verifiedlinklist.com 198.20.170.207
    AndersonHudgins edwarddrew@veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    killer aalokesaha9@gmail.com 116.206.201.231
    ZoeGrady50783886 zoegrady7@3b45.denythedark.quest 98.157.91.74
    Blikinkfak talsynmukas98@gmail.com 158.173.166.116
    mirandaloy mirandaloyau@7b82.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.161.18
    BertieSeppelt0 bertieseppelt30@slow.pettin.com 177.234.143.137
    RachelJeffcott0 markbrown9375s854@c.travel-e-store.com 94.229.71.116
    JaysonKessell0 maybelleisiah@veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    Vanesa vanesautil@gmail.com 46.222.98.48
    carinamoberg.9181 carinamoberg.9181@en.donator.site 188.68.41.191
    janessatreat janessatreat@en.donator.site 185.220.101.24
    rickey-duval.5070 rickey-duval.5070@en.donator.site 192.76.153.253
    AshtonRyx47 ashton-ashton@gepoda.smartlink.lat 192.101.67.118
    RositaFeagin17 danielmartinez5733prmt@b.pattaya-mega.com 192.186.170.26
    beatrice-valentin.2366 beatrice-valentin.2366@gsa.fghe.store 172.69.135.13
    Lindsay35K lindsaykhull82@self.ehomu.com 102.165.53.235
    PhilomenaGowllan pauljones5700a9q3@c.gsavps.xyz 198.20.181.62
    RondaMcIlrath rondamcilrath66@erpin.org 183.197.56.241
    205:018:19:700:8296:2478:2:330 205:018:19:700:8296:2478:2:330 120.40.130.70
    Blikinkfak wippynavas@gmail.com 158.173.166.116
    michaelselle5663 michaelselle5663@mailmenot.io 172.69.135.13
    PalmaElizabeth dessiecarla@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    kandace-brantley1561 kandace-brantley1561@axionexonit.com 196.242.20.87
    b.o.bbych.a.r.s.8.8. b.o.bbych.a.r.s.8.8.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.69.224.193
    Blikinkfak alexey.korotaev96@gmail.com 158.173.79.230
    TresaSwanson692 tresa.tresa11@cubumi.sancto.xyz 94.154.113.49
    AllisonCress84 maureenaretha@veauly.com 154.16.69.76