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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 - 28 May 2026 7:08 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,275
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    juliennedakota juliennedakota@solstris.com 172.69.134.84
    juanavassallo juanavassallo@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.20.143
    DeanneMatson deannematson54@slide.veauly.com 223.29.254.56
    na4qovo na4qovo@goshop1888.shop 1.169.67.66
    x0zzuu x0zzuu@goshop1888.shop 1.169.67.66
    lesleybourchier8072 lesleybourchier8072@dvd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.17.126
    KathrinVachon86 kathrynreed@solstris.com 223.29.254.158
    elizabethmartin4014tmuv elizabethmartin4014tmuv@gsasearchengineranker.shop 107.175.147.163
    f4utd f4utd@goshop1888.shop 1.169.67.66
    202:267:98:442:0:000:0: 202:267:98:442:0:000:0: 120.40.130.70
    GladisFruehauf jerry@neoxinet.com 142.54.237.38
    BrendanChambless themit888@mail.ru 212.48.150.38
    seandycus seandycus@discardmail.com 162.158.167.133
    MarioD60110 mariofetherstonhaugh31@keep.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.34
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ronny07 ronny07@kpnmail.nl 202:443::0:594:2767:10:77
    2206632964 2206632964@qq.com 85.52.204.99
    202:3100:89:800:702:43:541:977 202:3100:89:800:702:43:541:977 120.40.130.70
    charles1472 charles1472@letter42.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristoperPilgri christoperpilgrim13@yell.milkgg.com 103.221.232.106
    202:3100:89:800:702:43:541:977 202:3100:89:800:702:43:541:977 120.40.130.70
    Spencer49T matthewmoore6687rri0@gsasearchengineranker.info 156.241.201.193
    darlenesanor2759 darlenesanor2759@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    ShielaDerrick53 shieladerrick97@toy.pettin.com 102.165.55.133
    eduardo-rowe eduardo-rowe@zhoufan103.voenavto.com 172.69.135.181
    hh hh@aiitem.net 172.69.135.181
    MurrayWishart murraymurray@wizivi.commumail.xyz 104.245.241.88
    JoesphThrower71 joesphthrower24@thus.ehomu.com 177.234.143.137
    MaritzaRied6373 maritzaried8@brick.pettin.com 45.125.245.141
    ZLESavannah savannahtriggs66@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.20
    2001:100:198:2600:22:127:7:7683 2001:100:198:2600:22:127:7:7683 120.40.130.70
    jerold-jerold58 jerold-jerold58@kojoya.kizmet.space 172.71.154.179
    NealSpielvogel nealspielvogel94@cool.muzaco.com 191.101.114.220
    w.o.o.d.f.o.rdja.me.son.4. w.o.o.d.f.o.rdja.me.son.4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    williamsholt williamsholt@funnyaussiesigns.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1702:4620:560:577:298:51:13 2600:1702:4620:560:577:298:51:13 120.40.130.70
    karibrothers9 karibrothers9@down.ophixy.com 172.69.135.181
    florenewhipple8895 florenewhipple8895@23.8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.142
    jessicagonzalez32392jyj jessicagonzalez32392jyj@b.gsasearchengineranker.co 104.22.17.126
    ClariceKauper7 claricekauper7@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.133
    malorielab mullo@ambulatoriodelsole.it 143.58.151.47
    JocelynFeliciano jocelynfeliciano91@deny.milkgg.com 196.198.13.67
    NolaStonge4 nola-nola@rifuhu.searchmail.club 193.163.207.227
    janniewitt9727 janniewitt9727@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    alexey18691 alexey18691@casinotds.xyz 172.71.158.68
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    merrillwhittaker merrillwhittaker@onlinecmail.com 104.22.20.142
    TahliaONeill3 tahliatahlia@wijuca.pretoria.pro 45.147.233.190
    202:1810:429:5900:414:79:941:75 202:1810:429:5900:414:79:941:75 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    claudio.claudio.1737 claudio.claudio.1737@asmaila.xyz 162.158.167.134
    MarlaSutcliffe marlasutcliffe71@fiber.pettin.com 45.125.245.187
    FannyAlmeida fannyalmeida26@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.213
    sheilabyard20 sheilabyard20@stuff.mxdood.com 172.69.23.194
    Ruth68128513 ruthboulton35@thus.ehomu.com 154.16.69.146
    dalenebuttrose12 dalenebuttrose12@three.vietnambrandmatters.com 152.89.128.7
    me.n.sc.lin.i.c.1.5.15 me.n.sc.lin.i.c.1.5.15@gmail.com 162.158.167.133
    RamonPercy07 ramonpercy@3fb9.biopsynetwork.store 71.212.4.20
    202:03:878:3601:7560:67:405:10 202:03:878:3601:7560:67:405:10 120.40.130.70
    kirbyslayton9286 kirbyslayton9286@23.8.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.127
    AnaMaier508829 anamaier62@keep.cdfaq.com 102.165.54.7
    deadmatins ruftfskutq@rambler.ru 178.249.211.214
    2603:9000:670:910:6:30:707:017 2603:9000:670:910:6:30:707:017 120.40.130.70
    cli.n.ic.f.orhi.m.5.0 cli.n.ic.f.orhi.m.5.0@gmail.com 172.71.158.68
    HwaF82435843233 hwagottschalk16@just.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.67
    ryoliu56830lve7 ryoliu56830lve7@a.seoautomationpro.com 152.89.128.7
    zxxtjlyu zxxtjlyu@bekommenmail.com 178.130.46.187
    vetaterry vetaterry@veauly.com 162.158.167.134
    202:1808:9:6:47:23:79:645 202:1808:9:6:47:23:79:645 120.40.130.70
    LillianaMacRory donaldmartinez7392aj38@a.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.162.237
    202:8108:8125:100:596:89:24:818 202:8108:8125:100:596:89:24:818 120.40.130.70
    VWZJannette numbers@c.reviewsgames.net 38.154.151.140
    202:1810:3626:5900:2803:227:832:274 202:1810:3626:5900:2803:227:832:274 120.40.130.70
    dsk102reof dsk102reof@roulette-analyser.com 172.71.154.179
    202:03:75:4100:15:34:339:55 202:03:75:4100:15:34:339:55 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:9:6:47:23:79:645 202:1808:9:6:47:23:79:645 120.40.130.70
    2001:103:81:600:701:784:34:199 2001:103:81:600:701:784:34:199 120.40.130.70
    FlorentinaSilvis charleslopez294810ym@b.resorts-in-asia.com 152.232.161.252
    2001:67:2628:647:38:1900:0:1 2001:67:2628:647:38:1900:0:1 120.40.130.70
    williammartinez7250m2gc williammartinez7250m2gc@verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.17.126