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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 - 24 Aug 2026 11:39 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,496
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:8108:8125:100:348:318:39: 202:8108:8125:100:348:318:39: 120.40.130.70
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    nanda.maharditya nanda.maharditya@pajak.go.id 120.40.130.70
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    mzqoxqrpwSn mzqoxqrpwSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    RodneyHaywood43 rodneyhaywood97@these.veauly.com 177.234.143.137
    ElizbethPtc elizbethfitzmaurice32@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.55.40
    cgeotteqtsn cgeotteqtsn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    bmsekdleakl bmsekdleakl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    keit-sidorova02412 keit-sidorova02412@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    JohnnyHodgetts1 johnnyhodgetts35@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.114.216
    AnnettaCaleb annettacaleb11@broad.ehomu.com 177.234.143.137
    2600:383:1310:276:923:5619:65:89 2600:383:1310:276:923:5619:65:89 120.40.130.70
    geneva.bungaree geneva.bungaree@thetravellersrest.click 154.16.4.53
    Health412 osioep@mailkolnet.com 94.23.25.75
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    vickicasti vickicastiglione@birulangit.dev 191.96.95.30
    marisapopp3870 marisapopp3870@anonmails.de 23.229.83.86
    PriscillaLockwoo priscillapriscilla100@puhiza.fuc.best 77.83.26.163
    Tiffany tiffanymiller.optical@gmail.com 71.236.131.19
    2400:1:1:00:571:50:5:89 2400:1:1:00:571:50:5:89 120.40.130.70
    akfhagnreMt akfhagnreMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ylwldderxMt ylwldderxMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    2607:90:6467:630:6:157:76:33 2607:90:6467:630:6:157:76:33 120.40.130.70
    li.nks8.9.m.as.t. li.nks8.9.m.as.t.@gmail.com 104.28.214.125
    2607:90:6467:630:6:157:76:33 2607:90:6467:630:6:157:76:33 120.40.130.70
    NumbersRabin33 justintran@bd.dns-cloud.net 185.212.171.190
    l.inks8.9.m.a.st. l.inks8.9.m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.125
    idnlfmtffMt idnlfmtffMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    2600:1008:1:709:5945:7285:724:650 2600:1008:1:709:5945:7285:724:650 120.40.130.70
    piprefitwo piprefitwo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    mariana.guimaraes.ribeiro mariana.guimaraes.ribeiro@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    testing757 757test@757test.com 192.168.65.1
    avpwahmuqSn avpwahmuqSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    pearlhamri pearl-hamrick-5263@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.216
    eeydfkidvPt eeydfkidvPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    mzlglefgeSn mzlglefgeSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    datenschutzbeauftragter datenschutzbeauftragter@gfu.net 120.40.130.70
    maurine-trower maurine-trower@feofaniaskit.kiev.ua 189.4.105.116
    uplstvnxksn uplstvnxksn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    imaginatif7580 imaginatif7580@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    wzhzcqeoiMt wzhzcqeoiMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    margarita.holman114 margarita.holman114@c.lovepettoys.shop 191.102.156.17
    ybswijjqksn ybswijjqksn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    aruba.adventist.academy aruba.adventist.academy@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    perpustakaan perpustakaan@pajak.go.id 120.40.130.70
    vicky.imanuel vicky.imanuel@pajak.go.id 120.40.130.70
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    smbfwgpdkSn smbfwgpdkSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    Josephturne lin.k.s.8.9.m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.125
    riset riset@pajak.go.id 120.40.130.70
    laverngersten9307 laverngersten9307@anonmails.de 138.219.123.67
    nopqcvhmeSn nopqcvhmeSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
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    emeliaemelia emeliaemelia@dulilu.searchmail.club 31.40.195.76
    202:8108:8125:100:348:318:39: 202:8108:8125:100:348:318:39: 120.40.130.70
    qckpdvukhSn qckpdvukhSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    tamma tarekhawary11@gmail.com 185.97.92.43
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    wkmdzisxhkl wkmdzisxhkl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    2alex57 2alex57@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    RoccoKeel8 roccokeel9@feed.cdfaq.com 144.48.52.31
    209xrumer1 209xrumer1@farironalds.com 120.40.130.70
    JosephL_891 osolez@mailkolnet.com 94.23.25.75
    tuwnggpadSn tuwnggpadSn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    2gererffds 2gererffds@anonmails.de 104.207.50.133
    ccihzefxckl ccihzefxckl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    RonnyMincey9791 h.rh.rh.twh@gmail.com 138.229.107.214
    galestar galestar@55bets.de 51.210.32.231
    xdrniuqavsn xdrniuqavsn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    hqcamdbtdMt hqcamdbtdMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    linda.mcdaniels linda.mcdaniels@contactus.51tiemo.com 192.241.97.213
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    ChelseaKeeney5 chelseakeeney10@erpin.org 120.11.91.43
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    kaczmarekanna889 kaczmarekanna889@o2.pl 188.146.156.85
    CHIRPtqp qy789@hotmail.com 109.236.89.97
    anusia2011 anusia2011@op.pl 188.146.156.85
    trinahq chrisiekui311@gmail.com 23.154.136.106