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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 10:32 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,776
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2001:0:5682:652:307:430:27:8 2001:0:5682:652:307:430:27:8 120.40.130.70
    dec2super dec2super@rambler.ru 83.97.117.178
    RooseveltStenhou roosevelt-stenhouse-4065@bogatyrova.org.ua 14.187.120.59
    annettbalog annettbalog@mailmenot.io 178.175.140.214
    bobbymcdonell87 bobbymcdonell87@few.ophixy.com 172.71.158.67
    hungarchie257 hungarchie257@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.127
    o.l.g.a...g.r.i.go.r070.7.9.7 o.l.g.a...g.r.i.go.r070.7.9.7@gmail.com 130.49.216.145
    s.ku.t.enko.i.van.t.h.ebes.t.y.es s.ku.t.enko.i.van.t.h.ebes.t.y.es@gmail.com 172.69.135.59
    heribertohylton82 heribertohylton82@gularte73.browndecorationlights. 196.51.47.52
    rosaliebehan234 rosaliebehan234@asia.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.195
    VirgilStilwell migueltauchert@23.8.dnsabr.com 192.126.158.80
    2001:0:42:686:1:680:225:8 2001:0:42:686:1:680:225:8 120.40.130.70
    86.152.169.152 86.152.169.152 31.44.59.224
    37.59.204.156 37.59.204.156 31.44.59.224
    2001:0:5387:60:318:65:10:75 2001:0:5387:60:318:65:10:75 120.40.130.70
    aasombke7 aasombke7@gmail.com 31.44.59.224
    hasinaramery hasinaramery@gmail.com 154.57.3.36
    JonathonC85 damoncoffman796@anonmails.de 178.175.140.214
    AngelFex empty 178.176.78.59
    VictorFyf61 victor-derr@mcguide.cc 172.245.193.115
    eltonblaxland3572 eltonblaxland3572@koes.justdied.com 162.158.166.211
    jamie-loch81 jamie-loch81@7b14.ahplumbingnc.club 172.71.154.197
    202:03:387:00:83:5:12:89 202:03:387:00:83:5:12:89 120.40.130.70
    Hollis27E1 sarahrodriguez1500x2l8@verifiedlinklist.com 85.190.239.213
    mick mick@plus8.com 2001:1970:597:500:57:17::70
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:600:38:3147:715:7327:68
    mick mick@plus8.com 174.92.0.245
    mick mick@plus8.com 89.32.147.238
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:62:3837:2472:0:73:10
    2607:91:2796:6:39:61:465:299 2607:91:2796:6:39:61:465:299 120.40.130.70
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:1391:41:86:59:649:
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:600:38:265:196:809:31
    mick mick@plus8.com 2001:1970:597:500:55:40:07:569
    mick mick@plus8.com 2001:1970:597:500:8:81:93:422
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:62:6:6:433:18:61
    LashondaLeventha lashonda.leventhal@mcguide.cc 23.108.2.10
    britt-minnick britt-minnick@luckyline.online 172.69.23.147
    elesymaarleyy8668 elesymaarleyy@yeah.com 176.37.78.37
    dec2super dec2super@rambler.ru 77.220.194.199
    51 51@fsin.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    jameseden-5602 jameseden-5602@doodlejump2.com 162.158.166.210
    hiramgary hiramgary@mailmenot.io 178.175.140.214
    za.m.ok.pe.tr.ovs.k.y.2023 za.m.ok.pe.tr.ovs.k.y.2023@gmail.com 104.22.20.194
    kayegourley1912 kayegourley1912@emotionalfml.com 104.22.17.127
    johngonzalez1351zbbx johngonzalez1351zbbx@budgetthailandtravel.com 85.190.239.213
    beau beau@i.cosmicbridge.site 172.71.154.46
    2600:8807:240:480:00:6418:9:043 2600:8807:240:480:00:6418:9:043 120.40.130.70
    dec2super dec2super@rambler.ru 45.66.208.205
    nicholasmead6141 nicholasmead6141@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    aksakovo aksakovo@fsin.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    asombke1 asombke1@its.jnj.com 120.40.130.70
    103.125.112.81 103.125.112.81 154.57.3.36
    52.167.144.225 52.167.144.225 37.115.189.95
    13.126.184.68 13.126.184.68 176.8.89.36
    cherryblos7777 cherryblos7777@gmail.com 109.195.177.136
    104.250.53.122 104.250.53.122 176.8.89.36
    52.167.144.218 52.167.144.218 176.8.89.36
    52.167.144.194 52.167.144.194 31.44.59.224
    jeanette.harness jeanette.harness@strivon.emailip 120.40.130.70
    ReggieSmerd414 reggie-smerd@mcguide.cc 165.231.97.145
    51.195.183.72 51.195.183.72 176.8.89.36
    SheilaMathews6 dannygaby@mailmenot.io 192.126.200.50
    orfsin orfsin@fsin.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    i.nf.o.l.a.s.t i.nf.o.l.a.s.t@gmail.com 185.186.26.215
    2001:0:5581:184:400:990:520:268 2001:0:5581:184:400:990:520:268 120.40.130.70
    LarryN204623 dorthybaragwanath@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    chantal.bowser chantal.bowser@healthdietshop.com 172.69.135.59
    FrederickCastleb clydedegruchy5710@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    tracee-black tracee-black@healthdietshop.com 172.71.158.61
    stevielimon597 stevielimon597@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.22.17.127
    ShellieSasser williamthomas8110ozii@f.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.47.206
    osb56 osb56@fsin.gov.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5742:93:8:01:74:91 2001:0:5742:93:8:01:74:91 120.40.130.70
    CeliaMendiola3 clydedegruchy5710@anonmails.de 154.195.112.188
    laceybrown1937 laceybrown1937@salpingomyu.ru 64.31.3.126