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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 - 13 May 2026 2:18 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,034
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    MichelinePraed elizabethmartin4014tmuv@gsasearchengineranker.shop 192.126.206.163
    202:456:6388:0:654:1:882:30 202:456:6388:0:654:1:882:30 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:1841:96:26:7 202:8108:8125:100:1841:96:26:7 120.40.130.70
    FLBChu2700296828 chugreenup5@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.252
    kathleenadcock kathleenadcock@6d43.getir.space 172.71.158.69
    Dyan56E44256 dyankinsella1@only.veauly.com 45.125.245.178
    JohnX7996489 johnburns76@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.159
    RuebenBurnham21 shantaedusty@solstris.com 191.101.114.220
    MoniqueXxt danielsmith6163vnzh@linkbuilding.club 196.51.233.72
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:70:63:440:98 202:8108:8125:100:70:63:440:98 120.40.130.70
    LanoraPepper21 stevenhernandez9075urca@backlinks.monster 107.175.147.167
    michalsheridan michalsheridan@gti.scoldly.com 120.40.130.70
    MiguelDunham2 leonreva@solstris.com 144.48.52.254
    WilhelminaThomse jamesjackson58w3s7@gsasearchengineranker.support 107.175.147.163
    JeanettCuz jeanettlanham94@deny.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kam.kinder-9645 kam.kinder-9645@cryptoboss023.site 104.22.20.234
    AlissaEeo99 paulbrown4245zfba@gsasearchengineranker.support 196.51.84.74
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kathrynreed kathrynreed@solstris.com 104.22.20.4
    202:1808:4:3568:28:4:740:040 202:1808:4:3568:28:4:740:040 120.40.130.70
    AlejandroHef paulbrown4245zfba@gsasearchengineranker.support 107.175.147.167
    2600:8805:28:00:9181::53:43 2600:8805:28:00:9181::53:43 120.40.130.70
    dominga.robinette85 dominga.robinette85@emailgsa6.xyz 162.158.167.133
    myra-falls96 myra-falls96@support.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    LydiaMachado58 arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.196.254.163
    minervacomer73 minervacomer73@nut.mxdood.com 172.71.158.68
    202:03:92:7701:6896:13:383:1 202:03:92:7701:6896:13:383:1 120.40.130.70
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2600:100:137:64:0:37:799:01 2600:100:137:64:0:37:799:01 120.40.130.70
    20:3341:52:410:103:91:4:337 20:3341:52:410:103:91:4:337 120.40.130.70
    SalinaBillington jenniferdavis7536bt9c@swartluxury258.com 107.175.147.159
    AlexLuciano1414 alexluciano4@cool.muzaco.com 102.165.53.252
    comercial comercial@toppen.com.br 120.40.130.70
    AngleaHurtado94 paulbrown4245zfba@gsasearchengineranker.support 107.175.147.139
    jaymemilburn9641 jaymemilburn9641@makoli.store 98.159.44.226
    2600:100:137:64:0:37:799:01 2600:100:137:64:0:37:799:01 120.40.130.70
    Marilynn2599 anthonymiller1566nsel@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 196.51.81.133
    1fveeejukiol 1fveeejukiol@anonmails.de 104.207.58.12
    romainenml romaine.addis@er777.net 102.165.54.13
    2600:100:137:64:0:37:799:01 2600:100:137:64:0:37:799:01 120.40.130.70
    lamar-peak lamar-peak@kudagacor.fun 172.71.158.68
    compliance.certificacao compliance.certificacao@spcbrasil.org.br 120.40.130.70
    BeatrisRutledge beatrisrutledge83@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.183
    bettina.saranealis bettina.saranealis@onepureedge.com 172.69.134.83
    AngelesCurmi7 tedtia@solstris.com 154.16.69.184
    JordanRickert19 leonreva@solstris.com 181.215.16.116
    SergioBaley dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 196.198.13.252
    TNZKurt78766 kurtcrompton19@yell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.114
    FaustoMeza1065 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    jo.n.the.defe.n.de.r. jo.n.the.defe.n.de.r.@gmail.com 216.24.212.33
    2001:1308:195:400:2978:01:201:3 2001:1308:195:400:2978:01:201:3 120.40.130.70
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Technoga SulemanMasood@email.com 103.72.3.133
    pablonorthmore65 pablonorthmore65@2e00.next4.xyz 172.71.155.103
    2001:1308:195:400:2978:01:201:3 2001:1308:195:400:2978:01:201:3 120.40.130.70
    vickie-burgos9469 vickie-burgos9469@bob163.voenavto.click 104.22.17.52
    Karin86S85757617 joshuamartin8347b190@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 156.241.201.215
    1fveeejukiol 1fveeejukiol@anonmails.de 65.111.24.37
    pa.wuba.l.e.8.9.2. pa.wuba.l.e.8.9.2.@gmail.com 95.216.68.244
    p.e.ac.h.e.s.sv.a.ne.s.s.a p.e.ac.h.e.s.sv.a.ne.s.s.a@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    BradfordCarper5 bradfordcarper78@cool.muzaco.com 223.29.254.56
    BlancaMcDonell karenjackson7667ltd3@seoautomationpro.online 196.51.81.133
    mnvocmjgu mnvocmjgu@lackmalelilea.shop 82.29.95.63
    elizabethgonzalez6064olo3 elizabethgonzalez6064olo3@gsasearchengineranker.in 23.94.183.116
    2001:49:02:8447:936:80:31:500 2001:49:02:8447:936:80:31:500 120.40.130.70
    winifredmcevilly3893 winifredmcevilly3893@spambog.ru 78.142.18.172
    2001:49:02:8447:936:80:31:500 2001:49:02:8447:936:80:31:500 120.40.130.70