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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 - 4 Dec 2025 8:49 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,504
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    siat.soporte siat.soporte@impuestos.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    siat.facturacion siat.facturacion@impuestos.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:472:205:71:7931:022:6435 2001:0:472:205:71:7931:022:6435 120.40.130.70
    maryloustackhouse maryloustackhouse@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.22.17.127
    MargarettePrimea josephthomas56009n1g@travel-e-store.com 85.190.238.24
    maryloustackhouse maryloustackhouse@b.cr.cloudns.asia 162.158.166.210
    PressaMag empty 176.117.212.121
    cesar.loayza cesar.loayza@impuestos.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    zamokp.etro.v.s.k.y20.23 zamokp.etro.v.s.k.y20.23@gmail.com 84.17.52.67
    DarlaSoria998 darlasoria6854@emailexpert.space 104.140.190.232
    app app@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    manuelahair1020 manuelahair1020@freundin.ru 104.22.17.127
    job job@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    MMYJamie2544 sarahrodriguez1500x2l8@verifiedlinklist.com 85.190.238.24
    reagandoolan6834 reagandoolan6834@emailplans.website 192.3.240.115
    geo geo@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    b.a.il.bon.d.s.3.9 b.a.il.bon.d.s.3.9@gmail.com 104.22.20.195
    merrillchampiondecrespigny merrillchampiondecrespigny@discard.email 172.69.23.147
    deloreshoulding deloreshoulding@healthroutinenail.click 104.22.20.194
    dcuswn dcuswn@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    regions regions@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    LeomaOqm04 johngonzalez1351zbbx@budgetthailandtravel.com 85.190.238.24
    202:1810:510:600:6157:95:55:220 202:1810:510:600:6157:95:55:220 120.40.130.70
    comhekisli1989 comhekisli1989@mailopenz.com 172.69.134.211
    sivets sivets@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:510:600:6157:95:55:220 202:1810:510:600:6157:95:55:220 120.40.130.70
    iyzaossj iyzaossj@creezmail.com 172.69.23.148
    Michaelplate hakdutydzi@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    fa.gih.un.7.07 fa.gih.un.7.07@gmail.com (empty)
    LaureneBass088 jadadeberry@anonmails.de 178.175.134.123
    JunkoStreeton38 junko-streeton@0f63.wrigleythroughmyeyes.com 170.199.224.31
    mauricenarvaez5185 mauricenarvaez5185@t.woeishyang.com 216.26.228.52
    GreggSnowden b.a.ilb.onds350@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    minna.rich98 minna.rich98@montz4.dynainbox.com 172.71.159.137
    MartyHtm399 b.a.ilb.on.d.s39@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    estherlayne estherlayne@mailmenot.io 172.69.23.147
    202:1810:510:600:6157:95:55:220 202:1810:510:600:6157:95:55:220 120.40.130.70
    evonne evonne@b.fruitingbodymushrooms.online 172.93.232.253
    2001:0:435:814:894:42:413:2814 2001:0:435:814:894:42:413:2814 120.40.130.70
    2804:90:402:000:92:8:672:256 2804:90:402:000:92:8:672:256 120.40.130.70
    bcduueffqn bcduueffqn@1234techland.info 104.207.55.238
    ValeriaLasley8 valerialasley96@30cd.wrigleythroughmyeyes.com 170.199.228.117
    GeorgeTovar george.tovar93@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 192.126.149.47
    CharityAlvarez charityalvarez92@carolinensiellive.click 109.122.24.71
    chuschimmel chuschimmel@anonmails.de 162.158.166.210
    abdulmurtagh3452 abdulmurtagh3452@spambog.com 172.69.134.210
    AlyciaLoftus13 michaellemmons@anonmails.de 178.175.134.123
    krasnikov krasnikov@tutu.ru 120.40.130.70
    CasimiraPerkin casimira-perkin2@gularte73.browndecorationlights.c 196.51.47.184
    LamontBroderick trenatramel3368@anonmails.de 45.83.119.180
    baileypence baileypence@bheps.com 172.71.154.67
    k0fkq k0fkq@goshop1888.shop 111.240.195.91
    2001:0:440:23:5:92:94:972 2001:0:440:23:5:92:94:972 120.40.130.70
    47 47@1-construction.store 162.158.166.210
    MiquelRadcliffe israelschiffman1676@anonmails.de 45.84.176.94
    lionelfison17 lionelfison17@long.muzaco.com 64.188.13.73
    2001:0:5101:906:18:04:1:20 2001:0:5101:906:18:04:1:20 120.40.130.70
    Elisabeth59Z elisabethwirth@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.52.197
    georgettaconroy58 georgettaconroy58@spritzer6.funny3delements.com 196.196.31.153
    samualthirkell samualthirkell@anonmails.de 172.71.154.66
    mandyciotti mandyciotti@spambog.ru 172.71.159.138
    emeryohea91 emeryohea91@asset.oueue.com 192.111.135.17
    Burton0609 burtongarratt@findem.ru 89.106.202.177
    2001:0:5384:9782:182:852:963:192 2001:0:5384:9782:182:852:963:192 120.40.130.70
    HesterHenson4 ivyuhr@anonmails.de 178.175.134.123
    shaylahead7967 shaylahead7967@spambog.ru 107.172.241.187
    AnnabelleLemay thorstenfulmer1011@0815.ru 196.51.55.56
    RomaineBostick0 romaine.bostick1034@raymonthouse.co.uk 109.230.203.98
    2001:0:5482:79:19:928:597:60 2001:0:5482:79:19:928:597:60 120.40.130.70
    LeighBalfe0114 leighbalfe.3621@fortgamer.cc 161.115.226.62
    2001:0:4042:7:50:94:298:847 2001:0:4042:7:50:94:298:847 120.40.130.70
    aronafshar aronafshar@sabalanmusic.ir 172.69.134.211
    BerthaT2505 berthasanmiguel3826@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 109.230.203.129
    MelinaSimpson9 melinasimpson8287@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.240.104.88
    2003:7:04:8500:396:3546:75:9398 2003:7:04:8500:396:3546:75:9398 120.40.130.70