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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 - 23 May 2026 7:39 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,325
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    hrabrgulyaev1996673 hrabrgulyaev1996673@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    v.e.rb.ri.dg.e.ke.ndab. v.e.rb.ri.dg.e.ke.ndab.@s1rx1.tobu-wedding.com 104.22.17.127
    antonhagesa antonhagesa@mail.ru 162.158.167.134
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    rafaela-longwell rafaela-longwell@onepureedge.com 172.71.158.68
    dianna-hallstrom54 dianna-hallstrom54@feedback.51tiemo.com 217.181.85.172
    202:03:81:01:20:522:21:8 202:03:81:01:20:522:21:8 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9460:600:826:577:67:95 202:1810:9460:600:826:577:67:95 120.40.130.70
    tammi-woolery64 tammi-woolery64@3fb9.biopsynetwork.store 10.42.206.25
    s-elfe22 s-elfe22@t-online.de 172.69.23.193
    todd.pettit26 todd.pettit26@3fb9.biopsynetwork.store 10.42.206.25
    davidmoore7377w5no davidmoore7377w5no@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.127
    cassandra.felan77 cassandra.felan77@3fb9.biopsynetwork.store 10.42.102.132
    david5249 david5249@letter42.com 104.22.20.142
    s-elfe22 s-elfe22@t-online.de 162.158.167.134
    jamietudawali2006 jamietudawali2006@wuuvo.com 104.22.20.142
    CaitlynBarbosa caitlynbarbosa20@nor.mxdood.com 196.196.254.21
    202:03:8642:01:58:205:39:43 202:03:8642:01:58:205:39:43 120.40.130.70
    nicolasbouie-5996 nicolasbouie-5996@cheapwinner.com 104.22.20.142
    202:267:00:4140:0:000:0:7 202:267:00:4140:0:000:0:7 120.40.130.70
    vientiane.kbri vientiane.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    norrie norrie@j.president.support 104.22.20.143
    thomasjackson1281w2bh thomasjackson1281w2bh@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 45.134.182.107
    202:1810:30:300:10:4672:6440:899 202:1810:30:300:10:4672:6440:899 120.40.130.70
    stafpens.nursultan stafpens.nursultan@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    windhoek.kbri windhoek.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    rustylewandowski rustylewandowski@otp247.me 172.71.154.178
    tashkent.kbri tashkent.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    pensosbud.tashkent pensosbud.tashkent@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    karachi.kjri karachi.kjri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    dhaka.kbri dhaka.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    bogota.kbri bogota.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    erma-erma30 erma-erma30@rodufa.swanson.today 162.158.167.133
    dili.kbri dili.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    pensosbud.karachi pensosbud.karachi@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    pensosbud.tehran pensosbud.tehran@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    abuja.kbri abuja.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    202:267:980:9:0:4000:0: 202:267:980:9:0:4000:0: 120.40.130.70
    pensosbud.phnompenh pensosbud.phnompenh@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    atdikbud.png atdikbud.png@kemdikbud.go.id 120.40.130.70
    hanoi.kbri hanoi.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    canberra.kbri canberra.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    caracas.kbri caracas.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    BENJAMINDIRTY21 fafafs84@outlook.com 95.177.91.1
    pensosbud.addisababa pensosbud.addisababa@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:85:00:6811:6086:985:8 202:1810:85:00:6811:6086:985:8 120.40.130.70
    advertise advertise@architos.me 104.22.17.126
    krystlebroomfield krystlebroomfield@sociefan.com 172.69.23.194
    adamstull3892 adamstull3892@8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.134
    202:1808::60:43:761:5:187 202:1808::60:43:761:5:187 120.40.130.70
    portmoresby.kbri portmoresby.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:53:5700:985:253:9937:719 202:1810:53:5700:985:253:9937:719 120.40.130.70
    presedimro1980 presedimro1980@mailopenz.com 172.69.134.85
    pensosbud.bogota pensosbud.bogota@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    nairobi.kbri nairobi.kbri@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    s-elfe22 s-elfe22@t-online.de 172.69.134.84
    pensosbud.colombo pensosbud.colombo@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    tndvehbj tndvehbj@fuhrenmail.com 104.22.20.142
    202:420:2594:05:1042:841:895:596 202:420:2594:05:1042:841:895:596 120.40.130.70
    keesha-heine90 keesha-heine90@emailgsa8.xyz 172.71.158.68
    cristinenaylor51 cristinenaylor51@heartvistanow.com 172.71.158.69
    hrabrgulyaev1996673 hrabrgulyaev1996673@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    rogeliorogelio rogeliorogelio@cisabu.noman.cc 104.22.20.142
    teradarrow46 teradarrow46@fish.elyquin.com 104.22.20.142
    GuadalupeKyn guadalupedebavay20@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.92.183
    antoniettamccallum antoniettamccallum@adult-work.info 104.22.20.142
    202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 120.40.130.70
    john-boatright52 john-boatright52@heartvistanow.com 172.69.134.85
    jessicabecker40735a50b jessicabecker40735a50b@b.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.154.179