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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 - 26 Jun 2026 5:37 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,942
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LillianaOrme6 lillianaorme14@act.milkgg.com 191.101.92.164
    ruthie100000-999999 ruthie100000-999999@vpsnl.ru 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    celia.wortham celia.wortham@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.71.159.81
    JanisGoldberg5 janisgoldberg91@put.pettin.com 154.16.69.250
    m.a.x.d.lu.gy m.a.x.d.lu.gy@gmail.com 216.24.212.214
    paskylconma paskylconma@inbox.ru 85.237.212.251
    donald.bruton39 donald.bruton39@cleanhomeguard.com 172.71.154.179
    GidgetBooze244 gidgetbooze99@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.220
    Jessefer loboqavefi161@gmail.com 31.173.80.146
    rosalinda-tost rosalinda-tost@erpin.org 183.198.175.60
    maddison100000-999999 maddison100000-999999@vpsnl.ru 172.69.135.14
    VernellJelks7 jerry@neoxinet.com 41.220.17.62
    lenoralenehan93 lenoralenehan93@tapo.xylzen.com 198.46.210.33
    gabrielle-gabrielle gabrielle-gabrielle@zivade.swanson.today 172.71.159.81
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    anna2010 anna2010@live.com.au 202.7.251.225
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    SadyePedder9 sadyepedder59@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.173
    nellieupchurch nellieupchurch@anonmails.de 172.71.159.81
    MadisonPetty41 williammoore4351npvg@gsasearchengineranker.info 23.236.239.212
    Craigvunse valerakimuvo@mail.ru 83.217.213.120
    julissamayorga julissamayorga@6d43.getir.space 172.71.154.179
    CarlaJean76356 susanmartin4769p7g1@b.verifiedlinklist.com 151.247.50.113
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lainelpophos1982 lainelpophos1982@mailnorms.com 162.158.167.121
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    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 162.158.167.121
    MarcyTownson46 marcytownson15@these.veauly.com 191.101.92.183
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    NganKovar867 ngan.ngan5@fovimo.carport.mom 140.235.170.19
    carmonskye carmonskye@veauly.com 172.69.135.13
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    GracieGroves387 arturoshannan@solstris.com 181.215.16.219
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    blairoaks59 blairoaks59@these.veauly.com 104.22.17.126
    SeanTufnell9 seantufnell83@scene.muzaco.com 196.198.13.159
    tamie100000-999999 tamie100000-999999@vpsnl.ru 162.158.167.122
    cherylhartsock40 cherylhartsock40@far.ophixy.com 104.22.20.143
    marinakenode marinakenode@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    bonnychallis bonnychallis@anonmails.de 172.69.22.86
    bndczmhi bndczmhi@legenmail.com 149.88.18.28
    elizbethdo mark@freepalmreading.io 43.163.105.123
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