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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 - 2 Sep 2026 4:04 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,202
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    KassandraGoins7 juliennedakota@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    202:8071:7050:960:644:9::85 202:8071:7050:960:644:9::85 120.40.130.70
    TammiGinder26 tammi-ginder11@181d.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.91
    RicardoBath558 charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.11.80
    Scannervez gracerankin98@gmail.com 109.236.89.97
    IsobelDenham joshuawilliams1742ilz3@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.9.15
    porfirio-tuckett porfirio-tuckett@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.129
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 172.64.192.217
    JanelleJarnagin mitchelrhein3571@tempr.email 194.110.115.171
    MikelAlice4952 susanjohnson14007e66@c.blog-stuff.com 192.186.170.247
    RubenTfo1826352 marksmith1849ilch@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.103.46
    cepetes cepetes@gmail.con 146.19.125.70
    NorbertoHardwick norberto-hardwicke20@9253.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.94
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 104.22.17.79
    BrittneyIsbell5 brittney.isbell@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.103
    jayme-ransom-6675 jayme-ransom-6675@tellix.xyz 167.160.78.85
    taom.i.mi19.9.00.4.04 taom.i.mi19.9.00.4.04@gmail.com 172.69.23.183
    tasythlm tasythlm@ishowfirstmail.com 104.22.17.78
    borisbernacchi.8418 borisbernacchi.8418@advgamer.cc 177.234.138.87
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 104.22.17.78
    CarlosFaunce carlosfaunce13@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.29
    MarilouArledge0 marilou-arledge22@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.98
    JaymeBrotherton janessareynaldo@veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    JoesphKirk4 donaldwilson4550f24@a.mustdoindubai.com 64.188.12.121
    tabitha.saldana tabitha.saldana@f.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    Greg271545768603 erwinlou@veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    zdmvigtluPn zdmvigtluPn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    letadunlea6559 letadunlea6559@tichxanhabc.com 162.158.167.43
    KendallHuonDeKer jaredsalina@veauly.com 102.165.54.227
    ncycsbxhgPt ncycsbxhgPt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 104.22.20.234
    tabitha.saldana tabitha.saldana@f.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    DomenicH99 domenicdomenic@cuhufu.newgang.info 167.253.17.120
    GeoffreyLankford geoffrey-lankford30@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.208
    lydialam lydialam@4048.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.191
    hycardlomthe hycardlomthe@karamelka-mail.online 120.40.130.70
    wxkawobwfMa wxkawobwfMa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    RubinBxk533409 rubinyancy85@slow.pettin.com 154.16.69.58
    EltonS55194 eltonkrause58@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.53.166
    jeraldbellasis jeraldbellasis@wordspacemail.com 104.22.17.79
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    SeanThacker6133 johnjackson5994rwtk@e.welcometotijuana.com 64.188.11.114
    bfilcelj bfilcelj@analismail.com 172.71.154.179
    JedGiltner22993 christieibbott@anonmails.de 196.16.3.99
    202:8086:31:80:9:6:72:9 202:8086:31:80:9:6:72:9 120.40.130.70
    VedaMaccallum5 arturoshannan@solstris.com 102.165.54.226
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Lenore5014 lindamoore6265vo53@a.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.12.193
    ColemanValdivia colemanvaldivia48@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.82
    EstellaLindsay carolynwalsh@injkrea.xyz 196.51.143.194
    LakeishaEqu johnnyingram7290@anonmails.de 196.16.2.235
    MuoiMonti53 suzannevirgilio@veauly.com 196.198.13.67
    garciacastilloadrian110897 garciacastilloadrian110897@gmail.com 187.190.185.48
    IngridMoritz48 paulanderson5357ny2@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 66.63.183.16
    zandrahammel299 zandrahammel299@hello-word-2026.store 188.130.129.62
    BerndChesser mozelleaida@veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    IslaMathis57 williamwilson772x16i@a.gsavps.xyz 64.188.12.102
    ArlenBullen9 arlen-bullen7@181d.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.56
    BrentonBracker4 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 154.16.69.146
    halliecolebe halliecolebe@mailmenot.io 172.71.158.13
    TaniaMauro10 tania-mauro15@9885.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.116
    MargieNix8 bentleycarro@injkrea.xyz 196.51.119.90
    GeoffreyBertram geoffreybertram88@these.veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    KatrinS84112899 katrinrapp55@slow.pettin.com 191.101.92.83
    MadieDoherty72 willieglenda@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    LibbyPilkington libbypilkington@9253.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.53
    MichelDostie11 micheldostie59@river.muzaco.com 181.215.16.247
    GinaKimber5 ginakimber36@toy.pettin.com 102.165.53.235
    CharlaRochon charla-rochon@4048.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.5
    mathewbello mathewbello@muralin-aja.com 172.69.23.183
    NJWJurgen493192 edmundodebora@veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    fedotov.dimitriy fedotov.dimitriy@yandex.ru 78.40.220.203
    Delmar16G00962 delmardelmar2@kutoco.woz.golf 45.147.232.124
    l.i.n.k.s89.m.as.t l.i.n.k.s89.m.as.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    patriciagonzalez240868w7 patriciagonzalez240868w7@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 162.158.166.211
    OrvilleW44 hwalucio@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    matt.he.m.as.t.e.r.ssun.ny. matt.he.m.as.t.e.r.ssun.ny.@gmail.com 93.114.192.5