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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 - 6 Aug 2026 4:41 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,144
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2804:19:2482:600:456:176:31:6 2804:19:2482:600:456:176:31:6 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:420:206:84:597:2508:30:1 202:420:206:84:597:2508:30:1 120.40.130.70
    danielmiller670gk9y danielmiller670gk9y@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 94.46.247.41
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:919:3200:21:3:4:645 2001:100:919:3200:21:3:4:645 120.40.130.70
    DeonVale67 josephmartinez7491462o@linkbuilding.club 217.60.120.60
    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dnedsixg dnedsixg@elegantclockwork.com 120.40.130.70
    w thesspikegame@gmail.com 144.48.38.147
    202:3100:580:00:2022:000:26:2990 202:3100:580:00:2022:000:26:2990 120.40.130.70
    RefugioDasilva refugiodasilva93@role.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.45
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 130.195.241.22
    stapuntril1990 stapuntril1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    uxctypqkir uxctypqkir@rambler.ru 79.127.175.92
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 193.9.36.24
    ShantaeHoman9 shantaehoman8@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    SanoraPerl763 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 154.16.69.250
    TaylaFlower76 margaretwillson1994@firsthidden.com 154.195.184.190
    zataylottso zataylottso@126.com 68.71.254.6
    NickolasTheissen stevenlopez911645g9@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 156.241.217.101
    Tarah62H87 tarah.trenwith-3541@rutor8.forum 216.26.230.59
    Tarah62H87 tarah.trenwith-3541@rutor8.forum 209.50.188.61
    202:020:35:51:199:48:168:64 202:020:35:51:199:48:168:64 120.40.130.70
    stasburifu stasburifu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Tarah62H87 tarah.trenwith-3541@rutor8.forum 45.3.43.168
    Tarah62H87 tarah.trenwith-3541@rutor8.forum 104.207.52.143
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::7975 2001:410:701:1100::7975 120.40.130.70
    Anja43N608402 anjaeanes60@slow.pettin.com 154.16.69.184
    MauraNarvaez7 mauranarvaez41@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.68
    KatrinPawsey69 katrinpawsey54@trick.veauly.com 196.198.13.114
    lecourbesaintegermaine lecourbesaintegermaine@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    IsidraThorpe2 robertmartin4541wzvh@c.verifiedlinklist.com 94.46.247.89
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:7:122:120:07:47:426 202:1808:7:122:120:07:47:426 120.40.130.70
    AishaWeisz sarahgonzalez7571lyzw@gsasearchengineranker.guru 94.46.247.43
    HoseaColechin hoseacolechin84@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    euqiozytuy euqiozytuy@rambler.ru 104.23.170.123
    IsabellO90 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 144.48.52.206
    123 123@3321.ru 185.133.174.183
    WalterTunn21 waltertunn91@yell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.56
    VadaLeachman878 michaelsmith9008jyvg@b.blog-stuff.com 81.92.194.168
    azamatbarca azamatbarca@mail.ru 95.163.222.190
    NewtonKingsmill newtonkingsmill93@thus.ehomu.com 196.198.13.252
    artem.top.play.footbool artem.top.play.footbool@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    183 183@kirisbygood.fun 120.40.130.70
    JarredGwendolen jarredgwendolen67@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.60
    202:1810:943:200:896:5:8:554 202:1810:943:200:896:5:8:554 120.40.130.70
    MBEMaisie7 maisieguido72@put.pettin.com 181.215.16.238
    LavadaKnatchbull tamiaubrey@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    202:03:82:901:516:61:5:701 202:03:82:901:516:61:5:701 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::2080 2001:410:601:1100::2080 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    HiltonFeint532 justinaclint@hulapla.de 196.242.47.142
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    gxlkehzlzp gxlkehzlzp@rambler.ru 162.159.113.82
    183 183@kirisbygood.fun 120.40.130.70
    williamanderson37187dzz williamanderson37187dzz@pattaya-mega.com 217.60.85.180
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    michaelanderson52947plx michaelanderson52947plx@e.welcometotijuana.com 156.230.193.87
    RandalWaite399 randalwaite42@wild.ehomu.com 23.81.230.194
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KashaGettinger kashagettinger7@fast.veauly.com 223.29.254.158
    donaldanderson3386kbd5 donaldanderson3386kbd5@b.travel-e-store.com 156.230.196.32
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70