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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 - 22 Aug 2026 1:21 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,726
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Henryhap yulya.suvorova.2024@mail.ru 202.47.87.5
    mkhtilly97 tillybollinger@mailtech.ro 193.239.176.101
    omarwwimkmi omarwwimkmi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    b.enn.ie.cha.vez.6186 b.enn.ie.cha.vez.6186@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    davidtivaovz davidtivaovz@163.com 208.102.51.6
    cgxetmyxqKl cgxetmyxqKl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    ReneeOxley7364 dessiecarla@solstris.com 181.215.16.238
    williamrodriguez1449fwb2 williamrodriguez1449fwb2@gsasearchengineranker.gur 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    200:20:8018:6295:3:562:62:77 200:20:8018:6295:3:562:62:77 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fcazhmbdnSl fcazhmbdnSl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    jdhpdbyphEi jdhpdbyphEi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    hxvjqvptgmi hxvjqvptgmi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    qajlat4189 qajlat4189@minitts.net 204:520:1000:253::253
    katherinemault.3149 katherinemault.3149@mailtech.ro 89.40.222.86
    gscmnmkuwSl gscmnmkuwSl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    JaimieSamuels jaimie.samuels@tiptopmail.top 5.45.37.78
    wahic78031 wahic78031@prodbits.com 78.30.83.17
    b.e.nn.i.e.c.ha.v.ez618.6. b.e.nn.i.e.c.ha.v.ez618.6.@gmail.com 104.28.214.127
    uyzlyroedmi uyzlyroedmi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    TheresaHearon32 theresa-hearon25@contact.openbillieholiday.click 170.199.228.44
    nxxrdjivtsr nxxrdjivtsr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    b.e.nnie.c.hav.e.z.61.86. b.e.nnie.c.hav.e.z.61.86.@gmail.com 104.28.214.127
    BellJerome jessicabrown37122k4y@c.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.12.193
    202:8109:297:500:069:3991:893:76 202:8109:297:500:069:3991:893:76 120.40.130.70
    graceluse graceluse@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    coralmarble coralmarble@1-red.uk 51.210.32.231
    LauriSande d.a.u.iliu6@gmail.com 139.180.231.219
    isezip isezip@poppmailnewr.com 54.39.18.217
    awebljjirKl awebljjirKl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    piprefitwo piprefitwo@mail.ru 10.42.102.190
    Stevenonela max.dlu.gy.@gmail.com 216.24.212.14
    MyrtleWaller3 myrtle-waller@suggest.wisetransferhubs.click 69.58.76.169
    sharylmillen sharylmillen@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.117
    pxsmiphebSl pxsmiphebSl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    IndiraConolly indira-conolly51@ff4c.zouytr.xyz 217.60.161.222
    2001:103:515:8600:5445:730:35:45 2001:103:515:8600:5445:730:35:45 120.40.130.70
    edaadon edaadon@prettymailhost.com 158.69.118.189
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    jgu2 jgu2@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    RebeccaMilton76 rebecca.milton87@cc.meettravellersrest.click 142.147.108.80
    arakebo arakebo@papkettwwqs.com 158.69.119.14
    vhljmgvawKn vhljmgvawKn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    mahdesai mahdesai@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    chelewis chelewis@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jiangu jiangu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    AshleyNeit ashleyneitenstein27@miverix.nexanta.eu 154.3.135.157
    HesterChapple hesterchapple69@panel.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.164
    LamontWortham8 lamontwortham90@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.216
    zalexisetrovz9720 zalexisetrovz@hotmail.com 27.34.242.102
    mona.cornwall3420 mona.cornwall3420@supporter.website 203.55.81.1
    MichaelEloks kostyanlixoma@mail.ru 27.34.242.102
    hannafrances4599 hannafrances@vip.163.com 27.34.242.102
    CathyBus matveevgrishaca0582@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    zaidanoogleto4015 zaidanoogleto@yahoo.com 27.34.242.102
    samual.tabarez samual.tabarez@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.59
    Eli11C240136 eliadair95@deny.milkgg.com 154.16.69.81
    Carlota85A carlotaturley88@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    MicaelaHarr8983 marywilson2980o889@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.15
    ellen-cardiello-alston93 ellen-cardiello-alston93@inssein-mit-mir.net 104.244.102.26
    linnea.robles-rosenfeld99 linnea.robles-rosenfeld99@banglamoviespot.com 141.164.86.49
    obsabmjh obsabmjh@fuhrenmail.com 172.69.43.163
    Jan89E002403096 jandenovan35@role.cdfaq.com 102.165.54.227
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:594::8515:772 202:8108:8125:100:594::8515:772 120.40.130.70
    ecidrima ecidrima@papkettwwqs.com 158.69.119.14
    JoeDorsey5 joe-dorsey53@7769.zouytr.xyz 217.60.161.128
    piwhgxovjKn piwhgxovjKn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    LuciaMesserly6 luciamesserly61@7769.zouytr.xyz 217.60.161.77