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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 May 2026 11:27 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,514
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    faribarastegar1994.jabuz faribarastegar1994.jabuz@gmail.com 113.203.81.37
    faribarastegar1994.jabuzi faribarastegar1994.jabuzi@gmail.com 113.203.81.37
    202:810:128:5300:88:89:93:17 202:810:128:5300:88:89:93:17 120.40.130.70
    michaelmuscat74 michaelmuscat74@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    MoshePrins447 mosheprins26@cool.muzaco.com 181.215.16.219
    Achilles achillespicardi1@gmail.com 2600:382:1048:5979:9522:74:12:539
    DarrelFyo1 anthonymiller1566nsel@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 192.126.206.226
    charlesmartinez877145s3 charlesmartinez877145s3@seoautomationpro.online 192.126.206.44
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    RhodaMcLaughlin rhoda-mclaughlin4@5af4.justicarneo.website 196.51.247.228
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    JodieElisha180 karenlopez326ljm6@welcometotijuana.com 103.240.99.165
    berndelem18 berndelem18@talu.elyquin.com 172.71.154.179
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    hrabrgulyaev1996673 hrabrgulyaev1996673@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    gregorycardell gregorycardell@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.17.126
    madelainecerda madelainecerda@8e4c.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.193
    JasminFarquharso dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 144.48.52.102
    mindanewman3748 mindanewman3748@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    2600:116:743:02:439:721:50:9155 2600:116:743:02:439:721:50:9155 120.40.130.70
    daryl.daryl96 daryl.daryl96@ceyere.icew.store 104.22.17.127
    2600:116:743:02:439:721:50:9155 2600:116:743:02:439:721:50:9155 120.40.130.70
    JungTeece55 jungteece57@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.105
    robertmiller5484vhvh robertmiller5484vhvh@budgetthailandtravel.com 162.158.167.133
    Merry05I8011570 merrystarling23@lower.ehomu.com 196.198.13.165
    xnatalia natalieruzickovaa@email.cz 85.132.136.8
    app app@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    celinahallman1868 celinahallman1868@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.134
    josephjackson2729nn6n josephjackson2729nn6n@b.verifiedlinklist.com 92.119.43.102
    TrudyMarkley57 trudy-markley@a802.proconsul.website 204.232.107.21
    TrudyMarkley57 trudy-markley@a802.proconsul.website 73.188.236.113
    HamishHirst42 hamishhirst60@broad.ehomu.com 191.101.92.183
    ripe-notify ripe-notify@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    Elizbeth3721 paulbrown4245zfba@gsasearchengineranker.support 196.51.81.67
    RosellaTuttle05 matthewmoore6687rri0@gsasearchengineranker.info 156.241.204.96
    LakeshaRivera sophietheodore@tempr-mail.line.pm 65.111.24.105
    michaelbrooks servicesprintertech@gmail.com 2401:4900:152:467:089:72:7:229
    sdcard27 sdcard27@mail.blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    c.l.in.icm.en.s.2.0.2.0 c.l.in.icm.en.s.2.0.2.0@gmail.com 172.71.154.178
    jamalbaer1548 jamalbaer1548@nanatha.academy 172.71.154.178
    diskreaderror diskreaderror@proton.me 71.44.118.158
    HermanFairchild dorothyjudd@iptakedownusa.com 154.208.61.203
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    davidjones5096vwav davidjones5096vwav@d.welcometotijuana.com (empty)
    bnxprowgff bnxprowgff@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    Oma02I415102 kalysdfsdfdsmaga@sorok4.fun 2.56.51.10
    ixhdvuopay ixhdvuopay@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    ReginaldHocking reginaldhocking76@these.veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    joshuajackson34448xf5 joshuajackson34448xf5@c.verifiedlinklist.com 31.12.93.110
    declandynon55 declandynon55@yell.milkgg.com 104.22.20.143
    Austin81Z8955 charlesjackson49654bo@c.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.99.48
    errol errol@e.shavers.hair 172.71.158.68
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    DeboraMcdougal janbeatriz@solstris.com 191.101.114.29
    skyfsnto skyfsnto@sabesmail.com 104.22.20.142
    jasonpeek3058 jasonpeek3058@trashmailr.com 104.22.20.143
    FelipaRomo feliparomo3@trick.veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    myracory757 myracory757@cheapwinner.com 104.22.20.143
    202:45:32:0:1889:2966:140:461 202:45:32:0:1889:2966:140:461 120.40.130.70
    Mama.babcia Mama.babcia@interia.pl 185.93.240.38
    diannecarruthers.5641 diannecarruthers.5641@jeniferconely.site 191.102.151.176
    eulasheppard42 eulasheppard42@fox.claxyn.com 104.22.17.127
    joshuasmith4394pk1u joshuasmith4394pk1u@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.134.84
    richcreighton74 richcreighton74@sigh.milkgg.com 172.69.134.85
    Huydn donotreplycryptomailrrr1@gmail.com 46.203.46.28
    carmelkaufmann398 carmelkaufmann398@koes.justdied.com 161.115.230.178
    54426774 54426774@qq.com 2607:49:8941:5400:8:45:724:20
    kristeenwinifred kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 162.158.167.134
    paulgarcia8599ce4g paulgarcia8599ce4g@b.welcometotijuana.com 45.15.72.21
    Riley334109685 anthonymartinez21266tkv@a.gsasearchengineranker.co 155.94.162.77