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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 - 26 Mar 2026 8:22 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,514
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LolaCoulter8 patricialopez8920h4i3@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 191.96.249.232
    CecileCoun danielrodriguez5274unfs@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 23.236.139.224
    rebekahbradfield4040 rebekahbradfield4040@0815.ru 172.71.154.178
    barbarasmith2508a45h barbarasmith2508a45h@welcometotijuana.com 162.158.167.133
    1stchoicestoragemanager 1stchoicestoragemanager@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    dyha dyha@mailforspam.com 130.49.68.92
    kathylancaster90 kathylancaster90@anonmails.de 172.71.158.68
    meaganpasco9873 meaganpasco9873@mailmenot.io 209.127.147.250
    2600:1700:3900:6240:56:86:62:371 2600:1700:3900:6240:56:86:62:371 120.40.130.70
    research.infrastructure research.infrastructure@latrobe.edu.au 120.40.130.70
    GeorgiaZ01 thomasmurphy686703g83@a.seoautomationpro.com 192.198.105.151
    KellyAssic kulikovgrigorijhz3216@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    enriqueseguridadinformatica enriqueseguridadinformatica@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    WillCorwin venettapaten@koes.justdied.com 79.117.180.186
    shannon-myrick4304 shannon-myrick4304@smsmail.web.id 104.22.20.234
    ddav.a9.64.8 ddav.a9.64.8@gmail.com 89.124.64.110
    info info@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    202:1210:8609:6300:7086:308:7:064 202:1210:8609:6300:7086:308:7:064 120.40.130.70
    HaiDickers haidickerson87@feedback.51tiemo.com 195.63.21.41
    royce-usher royce-usher@emailgsa8.xyz 172.71.158.69
    Freda06Z75 sarahtaylor430cb5c@a.verifiedlinklist.com 23.236.139.217
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alexanderminer94 alexanderminer94@cow.pettin.com 172.71.158.69
    alinehogue alinehogue@theweifamily.icu 104.22.17.126
    horacepiper157 horacepiper157@quinz.me 172.69.23.194
    mike mike@bchforeveryone.net 104.22.17.127
    1gerefeefeduj 1gerefeefeduj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    AlyceSmalls monasodersten9828@pw.epac.to 45.39.5.224
    royalstallcup royalstallcup@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    TorstenJep wsonderendaor83@nestmailbox.com 206.214.82.109
    DrusillaSt drusillastockwell42@erpin.org 110.244.95.91
    AlvinEhx68 madaptpeg@ak.gy 103.204.110.141
    FreyaEasti williamwilliams58590pn0@b.blog-stuff.com 156.241.204.77
    saralinton7779 saralinton7779@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    k0fkq k0fkq@goshop1888.shop 1.169.82.236
    2herefetyhuj 2herefetyhuj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    LeviCanter susanperez82508@a.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.243.222
    Steffi skmsyd@gmail.com 101.190.13.187
    2600:640:2540:8:96:0:29:467 2600:640:2540:8:96:0:29:467 120.40.130.70
    timothycurran17 timothycurran17@down.glinxy.com 172.69.23.194
    emmett-hopman33 emmett-hopman33@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.69.23.194
    na4qovo na4qovo@goshop1888.shop 1.169.82.236
    JulianaLor andrewlopez7878k2wf@d.blog-stuff.com 23.236.139.237
    maritzabroinowski57 maritzabroinowski57@estrella.oxilv.com 120.40.130.70
    TaylorCape johngonzalez842cd6@c.travel-e-store.com 23.236.229.250
    danielgarcia4723h5qa danielgarcia4723h5qa@a.blog-stuff.com 156.241.219.200
    arun arunjannu058@gmail.com 2409:400:6436:76:8802:39:4:678
    f4utd f4utd@goshop1888.shop 1.169.82.236
    StephanieY matthewbrown2435c6xf@b.blog-stuff.com 192.144.25.182
    BmHZDuUPShMzWMSNfauurDZFHidZhkhBzHhMTCQZLF aq.os.uj.u.la.v.44@gmail.com 45.141.215.110
    TresaWyo232 matthewgonzalez832kfy0@a.resorts-in-asia.com 66.63.185.60
    x0zzuu x0zzuu@goshop1888.shop 1.169.82.236
    biancacuevas86 biancacuevas86@emailgsa14.xyz 104.22.17.127
    ManuelaWun weveftovalay4xr83@nestmailbox.com 152.89.128.39
    nicolas-rusconi nicolas-rusconi@seo-red.ru 116.118.2.113
    precious.dahms976 precious.dahms976@topcompanygroup.com 92.118.139.204
    shelli-devore6909 shelli-devore6909@seo-red.ru 38.145.208.221
    kxte kxte@goshop1888.shop 1.169.82.236
    ilprovivprod1973 ilprovivprod1973@mailopenz.com 45.132.186.67
    perry-slaughter perry-slaughter@seo-red.ru 167.103.30.223
    veriflesprivat9 veriflesprivat9@konstruksituntas.com 104.22.20.234
    2herefetyhuj 2herefetyhuj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    feslo feslo@volny.cz 120.40.130.70
    raymondschuster raymondschuster@23.8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.134
    2001:871:250:26:920:8879:1: 2001:871:250:26:920:8879:1: 120.40.130.70
    lillianchitwood5196 lillianchitwood5196@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.178
    Russelltef stepanovdenisaj8712@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    DomingoHaw thomastaylor934xqqj@a.pattaya-mega.com 192.144.25.137
    shantaemcgovern.6452 shantaemcgovern.6452@seo-red.ru 202.131.4.50
    woodrowfreddy woodrowfreddy@solstris.com 104.22.17.127
    harrymeyer72447 harrymeyer72447@d.seoautomationpro.com 162.158.167.134
    JoanneA10 elizabethlopez678665rg@c.mustdoindubai.com 23.236.239.251
    TressaGres tressa-gresswell@linkalexis4d.com 107.150.80.6
    NikoleEay portergoodrich2460@spambog.com 196.51.63.48
    lrnu lrnu@goshop1888.shop 1.169.82.236
    rethapierce rethapierce@seo-red.ru 51.15.160.8
    ShirleenL37 md@webtoteam.shop 185.176.207.243