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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 - 19 Aug 2026 8:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,973
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    berniecelesouef57 berniecelesouef57@nine.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.12.220
    GregoryCon l.ee.li.l.y1.9.90020.2@gmail.com 209.163.117.131
    anishmathewarpookara+IC anishmathewarpookara+IC@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    ekofikadwoi ekofikadwoi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    MakaylaKulikowsk christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    MattLomas7 art10@blogranks.top 2.57.23.141
    MediflexIndustries saswot.whitezebraconsultanting@gmail.com 2400:740:0:766:698:4:5350:8
    JameyZimin499 jameyjamey@paporu.camels.online 185.94.33.229
    2001:579:04:38:63:127:670:8625 2001:579:04:38:63:127:670:8625 120.40.130.70
    lonkern lonkern@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.141
    k.guliewa k.guliewa@ya.ru 120.40.130.70
    natalia.brifman natalia.brifman@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.128
    bettydry.9325 bettydry.9325@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.161
    202:267:980:442:0:800:0: 202:267:980:442:0:800:0: 120.40.130.70
    Dotanast churchills@cialis-otc.com 5.3.219.88
    2600:128:365:800:528:494:96:844 2600:128:365:800:528:494:96:844 120.40.130.70
    ytdjzkqj ytdjzkqj@blackfirsta.com 120.40.130.70
    gkumihyclPr gkumihyclPr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    frxzwcrawpi frxzwcrawpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    GregMcCrae033 greg-mccrae71@51tiemo.com 192.241.71.241
    ArchieHennings2 judiek4chuski@gmx.com 209.163.118.74
    lawrenceholzman lawrenceholzman@trashmailr.com 192.3.242.147
    2800:0:16::409::12:843 2800:0:16::409::12:843 120.40.130.70
    cigars cigars@cialis-otc.com 5.3.219.88
    marcelanag p1@unblockedgamesup.com 31.58.19.235
    xrnrztgsmpi xrnrztgsmpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    lhjgusppyoi lhjgusppyoi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    2600:128:365:800:528:494:96:844 2600:128:365:800:528:494:96:844 120.40.130.70
    iejnhoterpi iejnhoterpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    KathrinKopp714 lindamiller27851ii2@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.46.247.178
    davidwilson6293o7qr davidwilson6293o7qr@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.218.76
    AndrewScard aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 178.20.45.182
    Darkbadger schaefergj@pm.me 172.56.202.106
    dino-hambleton dino-hambleton@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.67
    matthew.haag26 matthew.haag26@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.80
    prop3 prop3@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    candida.shaw candida.shaw@contactus.51tiemo.com 192.186.154.215
    DonnaChata eugenionickson5646@buybm.one 146.70.86.84
    banremaz banremaz@caskiomna.fun 120.40.130.70
    lustexaxdo lustexaxdo@vip.163.com 208.102.51.6
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    elibibb elibibb@anonmails.de 95.164.200.168
    gajmjzrouPr gajmjzrouPr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    bruceshore bruceshore@discard.email 198.46.172.15
    shermanbernard shermanbernard@mailtech.ro 188.213.1.53
    cathernj15 catherngreathouse.4883@byte1.ru 95.164.128.90
    MarianneAnw patricialopez485634ct@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.83
    neteng neteng@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    rrg rrg@panix.com 172.18.0.2
    CecilRascon7080 cecilrascon75@nine.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.10.162
    registrar-updates registrar-updates@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    ytultzxv ytultzxv@firsthidden.com 64.31.3.126
    krystal.painter25 krystal.painter25@8e4c.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.22
    carl-carl23 carl-carl23@kepare.loop.mom 120.40.130.70
    matthewdavis42803ar0 matthewdavis42803ar0@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    gregoryadd gregory.addy@articl.biz 31.25.238.47
    2600:1008:072:278:7:1:1891:90 2600:1008:072:278:7:1:1891:90 120.40.130.70
    kattie.mccue kattie.mccue@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.92
    charlessmith3290ybjy charlessmith3290ybjy@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 192.241.84.126
    2600:1008:072:278:7:1:1891:90 2600:1008:072:278:7:1:1891:90 120.40.130.70
    arianne.jiron930 arianne.jiron930@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.9
    elizabethmiller3727uftz elizabethmiller3727uftz@swartluxury258.com 192.241.121.14
    marygarcia57283b8x marygarcia57283b8x@gsasearchengineranker.shop 198.20.181.162
    matthewwilson245rqp7 matthewwilson245rqp7@gsasearchengineranker.info 165.231.165.65
    dvfxxmznnpr dvfxxmznnpr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    Joycelyn40 joycelynfernando2@enarix.nexanta.eu 154.9.65.19
    LynellKrouse06 how2@blogranks.top 45.133.170.149
    libertades libertades@cialis-otc.com 5.3.219.88
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 95.142.47.113
    fcjongsebKn fcjongsebKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    odiozdkkpoi odiozdkkpoi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    2607:90:381:01:2:257:455:5474 2607:90:381:01:2:257:455:5474 120.40.130.70
    BrianBEK lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    sarahrodriguez4832p13i sarahrodriguez4832p13i@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.16.41
    ivanfuvuso ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    registrar-updates registrar-updates@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70