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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 - 5 Aug 2026 8:14 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,260
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2001:410:601:1100::596 2001:410:601:1100::596 120.40.130.70
    FabianHens fabianfabian@gujowa.peabody.center 45.147.232.199
    JosephAsype gerasimoviljajo1489@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    udcpetrv udcpetrv@blackfirsta.com 120.40.130.70
    2405:201:3017:189:4010:849:0:2928 2405:201:3017:189:4010:849:0:2928 120.40.130.70
    LucasBustamante lucasbustamante60@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.54.52
    Josephavals l.i.n.k.s.89m.a.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.125
    201:340:62:4157:887:2:189:76 201:340:62:4157:887:2:189:76 120.40.130.70
    Josephavals l.i.n.k.s.89m.a.s.t@gmail.com 135.87.39.23
    IleneHuggard ilenehuggard84@only.veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    j.e.an.pau.llaw.4. j.e.an.pau.llaw.4.@gmail.com 185.223.152.191
    ChanaDeluna0489 tedtia@solstris.com 144.48.52.169
    WendellBillingto hwalucio@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    karengruschka98 karengruschka98@gmail.con 120.40.130.70
    NelleNewton21 nellenewton46@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.159
    202:03:85:200:1:1:511:7 202:03:85:200:1:1:511:7 120.40.130.70
    wzkorsbsdh wzkorsbsdh@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    ShirleyOrosco4 corafreeman@injkrea.xyz 196.51.143.252
    CliffDoq55532918 stevengarcia7493at3v@budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.78.174
    2603:9008:10:2480:3:73:69:43 2603:9008:10:2480:3:73:69:43 120.40.130.70
    ocsthwru ocsthwru@legenmail.com 37.139.53.80
    MadelaineSnell2 joanrae2521@23.8.dnsabr.com 103.106.238.18
    202:020:549:46:257:686:45:28 202:020:549:46:257:686:45:28 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:915:00:0:416:802:670 202:1810:915:00:0:416:802:670 120.40.130.70
    2003:9:944:6000:3518:899:86:8 2003:9:944:6000:3518:899:86:8 120.40.130.70
    styiprnoc styiprnoc@govtoptds.online 82.29.95.7
    VitoH344546 vitomullah48@slide.veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    ElizabethBlandow elizabeth.elizabeth@hasavo.indialove.shop 77.83.26.166
    AlejandrinaW75 alejandrinagellatly4@these.veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    AletheaFitzmauri aletheafitzmaurice84@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.29
    t.e.s..m.ta.y t.e.s..m.ta.y@gmail.com 185.220.101.136
    JustineCathey42 justinecathey36@mode.ehomu.com 196.198.13.252
    202:1810:9431:2200:51:495:7280:12 202:1810:9431:2200:51:495:7280:12 120.40.130.70
    LeroyNaj385 leroyseidel58@put.pettin.com 177.234.143.137
    ClaireGriffiths clairegriffiths7@brick.pettin.com 196.198.13.67
    DannyHarness dannyharness76@only.veauly.com 154.16.69.173
    204:441:800:945::1:8945 204:441:800:945::1:8945 120.40.130.70
    202:3030:62:87:7454:586:142:85 202:3030:62:87:7454:586:142:85 120.40.130.70
    JodyBach56 jodybach68@slow.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    AngeloHargreaves angelohargreaves92@fast.veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    ClintOrme3514 clintorme48@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.223
    JoanneBenavidez joannebenavidez2@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    212:547:80:895:76:666:49:571 212:547:80:895:76:666:49:571 120.40.130.70
    202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 120.40.130.70
    AuroraKirklin aurorakirklin2@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.67
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:6048:800:6:914:516:450 202:03:6048:800:6:914:516:450 120.40.130.70
    202:03:6413:800:70:4316:76:953 202:03:6413:800:70:4316:76:953 120.40.130.70
    202:03:6048:800:6:914:516:450 202:03:6048:800:6:914:516:450 120.40.130.70
    202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 120.40.130.70
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HermanBobbitt2 herman.herman@pudohe.blogbliss.site 84.32.138.42
    RoscoeGavin1050 darrinturman@pecinan.net 196.51.247.192
    HermanBobbitt2 herman.herman@pudohe.blogbliss.site 95.135.204.225
    ThomasGoad7951 thomasgoad37@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 120.40.130.70
    202:46:144:0:271:2:274:27 202:46:144:0:271:2:274:27 120.40.130.70
    LatonyaC55 latonyarangel31@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 202:03:860:301:39:417:35:615 120.40.130.70
    BarryRidley8669 barryridley22@.mxdood.com 144.48.52.169
    204:441:1803:5731::6:2731 204:441:1803:5731::6:2731 120.40.130.70
    Rodolfo6555 rodolfokincade68@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.55.133
    RickieHarrhy810 rickieharrhy40@trick.veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    TiffaniRiemer0 tiffaniriemer82@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.55.238
    EtsukoGow6 corafreeman@injkrea.xyz 196.51.119.125
    206:5900:481:600::793:4038:730 206:5900:481:600::793:4038:730 120.40.130.70
    KOGLino13081 linoguidi3@these.veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    olegpokuko olegpokuko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LaurenceMarcus5 laurencemarcus61@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.53.87
    JohnsonRotton johnsonrotton40@seat.muzaco.com 196.198.13.159