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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 - 11 Sep 2026 3:04 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,912
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    mihan1993 mihan1993@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    sibyl.griswold sibyl.griswold@7d94.emailma.store 172.69.23.183
    Chief kott5607@gmail.com 45.132.227.141
    2600:1011:055:500:0:15:8:5601 2600:1011:055:500:0:15:8:5601 120.40.130.70
    akindinkudryashov6842 akindinkudryashov6842@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    m.artas.p.el.lo.w.d.a m.artas.p.el.lo.w.d.a@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1011:055:500:0:15:8:5601 2600:1011:055:500:0:15:8:5601 120.40.130.70
    Deniszta f.ed.o.rmu.tan.is@gmail.com 158.173.155.189
    CelsaSpoon danieldavis9438b1xl@b.blog-stuff.com 196.51.103.243
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DarioGke8935502 opu@webtoteam.shop 45.133.170.163
    TahliaRivas0293 robertwilliams7640gkwn@gsaserbuilder.xyz 192.241.84.123
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    willian-coyne5142 willian-coyne5142@gsa.fghe.store 104.22.17.78
    KatherinaBalfour clarkastley4000@8.dnsabr.com 103.106.238.18
    RobertAwara n.i.c.ol.oni.c.o.la.s.777.@gmail.com 216.24.212.35
    mihan1993 mihan1993@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    hanx hanx@boostor.com.cn 120.40.130.70
    204:441:2601:45::873:245 204:441:2601:45::873:245 120.40.130.70
    mar.tas.pe.l.lo.w.d.a. mar.tas.pe.l.lo.w.d.a.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    clairtubb clairtubb@anonmails.de 196.16.3.130
    robertjackson4380fupc robertjackson4380fupc@a.theindexer.shop 69.4.93.53
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 172.71.154.169
    bhamer bhamer@magnite.com 120.40.130.70
    alenarosario1986 alenarosario1986@nailooong.site 104.22.20.57
    TamieGale05849 vickeymarylou@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    Alycia87A1998460 franklindelphia@veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    gena.holyfield15 gena.holyfield15@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.81
    hanx hanx@boostor.com.cn 120.40.130.70
    kathrinmccann kathrinmccann@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.144
    shalandaplumlee601 shalandaplumlee601@pw.epac.to 104.22.17.79
    pat pjmulvenon@gmail.com 2603:908:30:240:16:420:73:7790
    LouVillarreal ashlisheri@veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    rosaria-field1680 rosaria-field1680@megaposty.com 104.22.20.57
    hanx hanx@boostor.com.cn 120.40.130.70
    salvatorederrick salvatorederrick@code-gmail.com 172.69.23.183
    valerapaboza valerapaboza@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    bjacobs bjacobs@magnite.com 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 172.69.43.151
    joshuamoore581q8aa joshuamoore581q8aa@f.theindexer.click 38.154.186.184
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 172.69.224.192
    5530 5530@farironalds.com 172.69.135.14
    charissa.horder98 charissa.horder98@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.81
    20:8143:6113:6371:32:::5 20:8143:6113:6371:32:::5 120.40.130.70
    xpjwbwfu xpjwbwfu@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.20.24
    ashlyshufelt ashlyshufelt@discard.email 162.158.167.144
    hanx hanx@boostor.com.cn 120.40.130.70
    akindinkudryashov6842 akindinkudryashov6842@mail.ru 104.22.20.56
    joorhtsf joorhtsf@analismail.com 64.31.20.24
    Ankit rarhoreankit4@gmail.com 2401:4900:556:5223:7035:3211:7:654
    20:40:77:2101:3587:6152:71:491 20:40:77:2101:3587:6152:71:491 120.40.130.70
    petr.zuyev.97 petr.zuyev.97@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 104.22.17.78
    WalkerTrotter5 marianakieran@veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    BookerU88629970 bookerbrunson-1751@slgdaily.xyz 72.57.95.42
    202:8108:8125:100:1:077:4:678 202:8108:8125:100:1:077:4:678 120.40.130.70
    markgarcia615q0xa markgarcia615q0xa@gsasearchengineranker.info 172.69.135.14
    KirstenSch xfftevls@elegantclockwork.com 168.0.215.52
    PhillippShupe9 karengarcia8570iqkv@c.travel-e-store.com 23.236.253.102
    Ngan2253004 alexrosalie@veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    bonitashanahan7931 bonitashanahan7931@pawobby.cfd 104.22.17.79
    dwotmrxaes dwotmrxaes@rambler.ru 130.49.78.103
    GarnetB903 josephmartin36324761@c.gsavps.xyz 198.20.178.88
    cpekiehz cpekiehz@firsthidden.com 120.40.130.70
    maybellebruntnell maybellebruntnell@iptakedownusa.com 162.158.167.143
    URUWilford wilford-wilford90@holepa.mailbook.xyz 91.247.163.219
    ramonastubbs319 ramonastubbs319@anonmails.de 196.16.3.106
    hanx hanx@boostor.com.cn 120.40.130.70
    JamelArcher8 charlesjackson5649rg15@gsaserbuilder.xyz 198.20.174.150