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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 - 3 Aug 2026 7:36 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,260
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    aellcahvs6222 aellcahvs@yahoo.com 27.34.242.101
    FredKuefer066 johnsmith1040g4iw@welcometotijuana.com 103.240.99.136
    zaracellittle6264 zaracellittle@yahoo.com 203.162.13.222
    zvictoritopz781 zvictoritopz@vip.163.com 27.34.242.101
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    RoxanneThynne5 leonreva@solstris.com 191.101.92.224
    scott.love scott.love@talk21.com 200:235:80:4001:205:886:5:034
    AnyaFiguer anthonyjackson2481ec4c@backlinks.monster 94.46.247.235
    MelvinaMassaro8 melvina.massaro65@vipitv.com 120.11.93.143
    202:03:82:01:76:8:467:04 202:03:82:01:76:8:467:04 120.40.130.70
    202:03:82:01:76:8:467:04 202:03:82:01:76:8:467:04 120.40.130.70
    rheaproesc vpsgamevip51@gmail.com 115.76.50.213
    heancd3dby heancd3dby@bwmyga.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:540:8716:712:605:170:31 202:020:540:8716:712:605:170:31 120.40.130.70
    l.in.ks.8.9.mas.t l.in.ks.8.9.mas.t@gmail.com 78.111.153.200
    202:03:88:001:4707:092:44:59 202:03:88:001:4707:092:44:59 120.40.130.70
    202:020:540:8716:712:605:170:31 202:020:540:8716:712:605:170:31 120.40.130.70
    GeniaSample008 marcoknott5225@0815.ru 103.106.238.18
    lol.o.lo199.0.0.30.3 lol.o.lo199.0.0.30.3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    gpwork gpwork@mail.ru 72.56.63.179
    venger001-1977 venger001-1977@yandex.ru 128.204.77.13
    ENRIQUE enriquecordoncano@gmail.com 217.61.227.174
    AmyPring90321474 amypring82@stuff.mxdood.com 181.215.16.116
    IrisCarner68108 iriscarner92@nut.mxdood.com 23.81.230.194
    IvaHer237800 williamrodriguez5069hcro@a.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.115
    202:1810:98:900:2:57:8548:486 202:1810:98:900:2:57:8548:486 120.40.130.70
    RichHargis116 richhargis5@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.54.227
    y.ang.yan.g.y.a.ng.1.99005.05 y.ang.yan.g.y.a.ng.1.99005.05@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    JanineJ9004 janine.janine96@wijuza.new-mail.info 162.252.55.194
    202:1810:98:900:2:57:8548:486 202:1810:98:900:2:57:8548:486 120.40.130.70
    202:267:980:440:0:1000:0:14 202:267:980:440:0:1000:0:14 120.40.130.70
    trevorstagerightentertainment trevorstagerightentertainment@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    RoseRundle241 roserundle51@act.milkgg.com 154.16.69.58
    202:1810:922:200:417:739:04:96 202:1810:922:200:417:739:04:96 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:4:633:1:8515 202:8108:8125:100:4:633:1:8515 120.40.130.70
    2003::21:00:00:5924:48:237 2003::21:00:00:5924:48:237 120.40.130.70
    niamhbrown31422 niamhbrown31422@d.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    trevorstagerightentertainment trevorstagerightentertainment@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    y.ang.yan.g.y.a.ng.1.99005.05 y.ang.yan.g.y.a.ng.1.99005.05@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Sam shardul@sentkit.com 27.34.65.163
    202:020:5:90:71:1:131:396 202:020:5:90:71:1:131:396 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:414:3100:4:11:1:268 202:1810:414:3100:4:11:1:268 120.40.130.70
    2003::73:681:1880:97:888:623 2003::73:681:1880:97:888:623 120.40.130.70
    202:020:5:30:697:7547::1866 202:020:5:30:697:7547::1866 120.40.130.70
    LaraeLutwyche6 bv.vyfyxn5159@jaebd.com 77.246.96.147
    JulianB85820 julianminor76@deny.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    202:03:818:8301:3499:4:284:227 202:03:818:8301:3499:4:284:227 120.40.130.70
    m.art.aspel.l.owda m.art.aspel.l.owda@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    2001:103:30:400:522:4:674:76 2001:103:30:400:522:4:674:76 120.40.130.70
    alje.n.ai.de.l alje.n.ai.de.l@gmail.com 185.220.101.5
    202:8108:8125:100:08:5663:985:76 202:8108:8125:100:08:5663:985:76 120.40.130.70
    2001:103:30:400:522:4:674:76 2001:103:30:400:522:4:674:76 120.40.130.70
    y.e.ya.y.a.1990.0.60.6 y.e.ya.y.a.1990.0.60.6@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    alethea.915240219 alethea.915240219@stu.untar.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    202:598:64:800::302:66 202:598:64:800::302:66 120.40.130.70
    MarylynWoodfull davidjohnson38njvm@welcometotijuana.com 103.240.99.136
    202:1810:813:400:510:96:163:16 202:1810:813:400:510:96:163:16 120.40.130.70
    WilsonClark1 wilsonclark23@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.165
    LowellHuw43744 lowellvaughan21@trick.veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    KassieGottschalk kassiegottschalk-6930@grumm.pl 196.247.224.93
    RafaelGix886 rafaelkerr86@trick.veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KathyGanz0116 kathykathy@razasi.casamucho.buzz 140.235.3.28
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    or.uyizi.taqoj.63 or.uyizi.taqoj.63@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 74.118.126.188
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    olive-olive37 olive-olive37@wogaye.woz.golf 140.235.2.100
    Laurie7569 patriciajones3262ug38@seoautomationpro.online 78.157.213.47
    netskapo netskapo@leeper.run 194.143.206.196
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9547:3400:778:9:12:842 202:1810:9547:3400:778:9:12:842 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8646:500:2810:2:670:3688 202:03:8646:500:2810:2:670:3688 120.40.130.70
    LolitaJeffers1 lolitajeffers9@.mxdood.com 181.215.16.116