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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 - 13 Aug 2026 5:36 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,599
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    SheilaBanner258 weinzahlocr93@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.69
    FrancescaTse4 marybrown1532wf7x@b.resorts-in-asia.com 217.60.105.53
    DeeWerner9 wglycerina4ir93@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.205
    LesleySharkey95 lesley-sharkey@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.203
    ShariSchimmel61 joshuamartin3259gxb5@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.52.74
    ponomaryov.borya.1983 ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 185.231.155.169
    DedraPatterson dedra-patterson@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.109
    RhysDabbs17 rhysdabbs73@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    erzhankerim0108 erzhankerim0108@gmai.com 120.40.130.70
    DonaldBrantley0 donaldbrantley31@slow.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    LawerenceManson charlesanderson662oo7z@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.196.160.147
    2803:20:8:53:112:381:9578:6333 2803:20:8:53:112:381:9578:6333 120.40.130.70
    BernadineStanfie sarahthomas5503cxuu@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.10.225
    2600:100:139:7:3156:151:514:81 2600:100:139:7:3156:151:514:81 120.40.130.70
    MapleD5356 maplehardey59@.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    rfalcon rfalcon@kctech.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    li.nks.8.9m.a.st. li.nks.8.9m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    ventas ventas@kctech.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    AngelesLacroix angeleslacroix52@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.165
    vracnema vracnema@caskiomna.fun 120.40.130.70
    Anthony leonard.anthony33@gmail.com 212.8.117.10
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristinaCroll christinacroll34@fiber.pettin.com 23.95.204.251
    MichalWallace2 michal.wallace@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.162
    bikbulatovadw8p2 bikbulatovadw8p2@rambler.ru 152.232.74.219
    Nigel506834 wmymnownefwgr93@nestmailbox.com 94.46.247.124
    HoustonVrn houstonknipe75@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.250
    OscarWillie6 oscarwillie26@act.milkgg.com 23.81.230.194
    AlexanderBeet charlesjackson719ufjj@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.9.101
    TyroneBurdekin tyroneburdekin45@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    xzebsjjs xzebsjjs@firsthidden.com 120.40.130.70
    JeniferMeredith welurgyturtugs17r93@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.188
    AngelicaVelasque janbeatriz@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    206:5900:801:300:246:737:169:4 206:5900:801:300:246:737:169:4 120.40.130.70
    MarjorieMarkley marjorie-markley@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.212
    FelixPinnock wmakaonqr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.102
    IveyEmbley525 ivey-embley@9885.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.250
    prop7 prop7@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    CoralGorsuch595 wpabalienefelfy6r93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.53
    Chana16G882 chanaburrow12@slow.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    JorgClouse07 meielmore@anonmails.de 104.28.163.39
    2001:102:18:9000:37:15:7:642 2001:102:18:9000:37:15:7:642 120.40.130.70
    BenedictNzx benedictlonon73@slide.veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    goriainova.ia14z goriainova.ia14z@rambler.ru 152.232.65.129
    matthewjackson1823acc6 matthewjackson1823acc6@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    UAJFelix75447 felix-felix93@wahegu.winston.support 199.96.166.171
    GabriellaWicks gabriellawicks86@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    KennyPoole54886 kennypoole51@pound.milkgg.com 177.234.143.121
    Enriqueta4976 wcrartrithzpr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.119.69
    2001:103:5406:600:47:44:2:328 2001:103:5406:600:47:44:2:328 120.40.130.70
    AugustinaWeinman wvelatolnwr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.110
    RYCAntony8394405 antonygipson@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.133
    Georgia9364 georgia.fernie81@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.211
    sviridov.78vox sviridov.78vox@rambler.ru 152.232.73.79
    IvanKingston ivan.kingston@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.67
    RHEReagan15086 reaganhatfield60@pound.milkgg.com 223.29.254.45
    whatseo whatseo@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    LaraeSalle stevenbrown7209snnj@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.83
    whatseo whatseo@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    admin admin@promodoc.ru 120.40.130.70
    kurashov-a kurashov-a@inbox.ru 87.121.38.130
    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    HudsonBegg58130 hudsonbegg40@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    BorisMaple57396 borismaple19@these.veauly.com 191.101.92.175
    danamurova danamurova@inbox.lv 120.40.130.70
    Bennett49S bennettrech90@act.milkgg.com 102.165.54.52
    balinwsk balinwsk@analismail.com 104.22.104.25
    roig.b roig.b@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    christopherjohnson21341zjv christopherjohnson21341zjv@e.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.140.189
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    todcecere68 todcecere68@take-ur-vites.org 216.213.27.191
    fedor.anisimov.83 fedor.anisimov.83@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
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