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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 - 29 Aug 2026 4:54 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,162
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    benben88 benben88@helito.chicagoes.xyz 120.40.130.70
    AnnieAinsworth annieainsworth17@trick.veauly.com 196.198.13.114
    kevincowan.4613 kevincowan.4613@vastonlinesolution.com 162.158.167.44
    fannyrush fannyrush@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.154.179
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    ArielHallen josephmiller26129fig@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 23.236.236.25
    yulyagexode yulyagexode@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    adara foo+utsidan@dokimasia.org 88.87.57.163
    chandrafabela chandrafabela@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.143
    altadunaway altadunaway@ichecker.tech 172.71.154.179
    newbloghi247 newbloghi247@blogranks.top 162.158.167.44
    SeleneSchauer5 seleneschauer99@fe1f.zouytr.xyz 217.60.126.133
    cedarfinch cedarfinch@pokerenchiles.cl 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:5908::8135:28 202:8108:8125:100:5908::8135:28 120.40.130.70
    210:700:101:625:7:95:261:72 210:700:101:625:7:95:261:72 120.40.130.70
    HildaMacFarland hilda-hilda72@rezoje.swanson.today 185.94.35.151
    vasco-4ever vasco-4ever@tutamail.com 201:11:8004:40:9598:545:900:42
    mhalek mhalek@seznam.cz 37.221.252.247
    ponomareva.1982.21.7 ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    ConsueloKkk consuelobirdsong13@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.114.68
    xrumer888 xrumer888@outlook.com 172.70.80.107
    KlausEzell28 klausezell7@.mxdood.com 102.165.54.52
    CharlotteMudie charlottecharlotte14@fisado.kanye.online 93.177.94.53
    2003::29:1900:87:822:99:74 2003::29:1900:87:822:99:74 120.40.130.70
    1beffeessd 1beffeessd@anonmails.de 209.50.184.172
    penny-kosovich63 penny-kosovich63@kudagacor.fun 172.71.159.81
    anes aneskherouaa@gmail.com 41.97.30.149
    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 172.71.102.132
    rumilpiezo rumilpiezo@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    StepanieBarney stepaniestepanie@toyahe.hawkmail.digital 194.180.236.71
    Yuy_Lan_viare uvelicheniepri.b.yl.i@gmail.com 95.27.40.72
    JarrodEus99 jarrod-stilwell35@947f.zouytr.xyz 109.230.203.240
    DJ djelh.pty@gmail.com 139.216.142.106
    mugesh mugeshmugeshmugesh76544@gmail.com 2401:4900:0:27:81:6:9:226
    Gidget9407 gidgetmarron23@river.muzaco.com 144.48.52.117
    johntaylor877224eb johntaylor877224eb@a.blog-stuff.com 217.60.105.205
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    patriciataylor1153ibe2 patriciataylor1153ibe2@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.20.142
    TITO tarek274@gmail.com 45.107.25.90
    jaime-jaime34 jaime-jaime34@juvisu.supermail.space 172.69.23.184
    jeanette-firincielo-bracegirdle47 jeanette-firincielo-bracegirdle47@healthypplevery. 130.254.112.15
    christyverran christyverran@pw.epac.to 162.158.167.43
    HaiSkemp670 haiskemp44@deny.milkgg.com 196.198.13.165
    Adrianna62F adriannacouture88@74e9.zouytr.xyz 217.60.127.59
    MindaColman241 mindacolman26@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    HassanRix444004 hassanrix75@deny.milkgg.com 154.16.69.173
    cpekiehz cpekiehz@firsthidden.com 64.31.3.126
    barbaragarcia190801zl barbaragarcia190801zl@b.pattaya-mega.com 104.22.20.143
    gaston.gaston gaston.gaston@sijite.bearbox.buzz 185.94.35.72
    artem9872 artem9872@mail.ru 92.36.109.233
    LGA teilhard7@gmail.com 180.190.249.46
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 172.71.159.82
    BethGreenway6 bethgreenway86@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.31
    brianna.mcfadden brianna.mcfadden@healthypplevery.org 209.163.116.194
    LyleGooch9 lylegooch28@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    n.e.p.ezu.ji.n.429 n.e.p.ezu.ji.n.429@gmail.com 65.21.232.200
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    heunenru heunenru@mail.ru 104.23.172.110
    houstoncoane houstoncoane@anonmails.de 172.71.159.81
    davidsmith9771rtrf davidsmith9771rtrf@d.blog-stuff.com 38.154.115.150
    TheodoreBr angelamcduffie@tempr.email 146.70.86.220
    KelleParrott79 kelle.parrott47@iwinedu.com 110.244.95.6
    DesmondR20 finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.55.40
    bpezsocd bpezsocd@analismail.com 64.31.20.24
    zasydneyfranes zasydneyfranes@163.com 104.22.18.53
    avblinova avblinova@mail.ru 91.78.1.2
    Mohamed m.farouksms@gmail.com 2001:162:13:78:399:44:5173:59
    aemlgooglet3415 aemlgooglet@hotmail.com 108.170.12.10
    ponomareva.1982.21.7 ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 172.69.23.184
    JordanFaison42 jessicaanderson21444ed2@a.welcometotijuana.com 198.20.174.140