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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 - 23 Jan 2026 3:55 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,212
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    DavidHit kinjadove@msn.com 31.173.84.192
    Percyten athletics1593@aol.com 178.176.75.118
    Anthonybrult brandonfusaro@gmail.com 31.173.83.26
    lavonda lavonda@d.bangkokremovals.net 162.158.167.49
    2804:14:901:401:2470:116:619:56 2804:14:901:401:2470:116:619:56 120.40.130.70
    AdrianFlower jianal-omar5401605is@c.seoautomationpro.com 170.199.224.240
    JeanetteMerion jeanette-merion90@51tiemo.com 154.82.150.155
    altug.ceylan altug.ceylan@dt.net.tr 120.40.130.70
    aubrie aubrie@f.chestpain.one 192.252.215.2
    Brentlot athletics1593@aol.com 31.173.85.250
    AlannaQqi04916 alanna.zick53@51tiemo.com 45.206.72.248
    StevenPhini stringbassmelbourne@gmail.com 178.176.77.128
    ChrisTab rrhuberman@gmail.com 178.176.75.118
    SiobhanToney4 johnthomas4375ua80@f.seoautomationpro.com 198.12.100.58
    HayleyLott9310 davidhernandez5603xk2z@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 198.12.100.58
    DLRSammy67450473 wbabydollchckber75@nestmailbox.com 64.188.5.86
    June63082716858 anthonylopez9240nj66@c.welcometotijuana.com 198.12.100.58
    AlannaQqi04916 alanna.zick53@51tiemo.com 154.82.170.90
    202:020:5:627:784:15:33:9 202:020:5:627:784:15:33:9 120.40.130.70
    FrancisZweig franciszweig46@just.cdfaq.com 196.240.254.19
    Michaljossy athletics1593@aol.com 178.176.76.134
    HubertDoyle466 hubertdoyle49@florestafazadiferenca.org.br 104.238.41.53
    GlennSeelo bridgettbozeman12@gmail.com 31.173.84.192
    VickeyU923 vickeyforce75@51tiemo.com 154.82.170.90
    Charlesspofs csaylor@saylorsinc.com 31.173.86.143
    albertokidman7608 albertokidman7608@anonmails.de 172.69.135.90
    harry.metz harry.metz@t-online.de 104.22.17.138
    a.ro.t.ey.ed.6.2.9 a.ro.t.ey.ed.6.2.9@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:4:9888:84:78:7422:78 202:1808:4:9888:84:78:7422:78 120.40.130.70
    BradleyJer katieesantilli@gmail.com 31.173.84.158
    FrankHer leighton44@verizon.net 31.173.83.220
    petemims petemims@poochta.ru 5.252.31.150
    KristaChanter6 krista.chanter@51tiemo.com 154.82.168.75
    KristaChanter6 krista.chanter@51tiemo.com 154.82.150.233
    JasonSmaks megan.lesko@hotmail.com 31.173.84.192
    SteveMax aswinarianto95@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    stellaarsenault stellaarsenault@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.135.89
    GennieZink dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.55.96
    BHASidney38 junkodwayne@solstris.com 196.240.38.157
    DavidJaT deerfearme90@yahoo.com 31.173.84.192
    Robertdub athletics1593@aol.com 178.176.75.118
    shantelllew9477 shantelllew9477@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.138
    Thao83W65979 thaohunter33@print.veauly.com 196.51.236.151
    pauljohnson8641s4qg pauljohnson8641s4qg@gsasearchengineranker.com 176.53.177.38
    SteveMax Tammie0727@yahoo.com 37.139.53.230
    Jamesjah deerfearme90@yahoo.com 178.176.75.118
    HarriettPressley hwalucio@solstris.com 191.101.109.25
    202:020:41:24:694:95::914 202:020:41:24:694:95::914 120.40.130.70
    abdussamet.dumankaya abdussamet.dumankaya@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    KatrinaKinney08 katrinakinney27@issue.mxdood.com 196.51.236.52
    serkank serkank@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    musteriiliskileri musteriiliskileri@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ArchieGrook megan.lesko@hotmail.com 31.173.85.184
    FrankSpopy athletics1593@aol.com 178.176.77.165
    Jeromeencah stringbassmelbourne@gmail.com 31.173.85.184
    Oscarclous jivenfresh@aol.com 31.173.87.14
    HaroldDef athletics1593@aol.com 31.173.87.168
    mky0702cynthia mky0702cynthia@docomo.ne.jp 72.195.114.169
    biblio biblio@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    WilfredC75 wilfredchild9@print.veauly.com 196.51.236.151
    Maxie36L63581 anthonymartin4538swjr@a.pattaya-mega.com 198.20.174.157
    AmandaCorfield amandacorfield57@issue.mxdood.com 196.51.177.140
    LeonelMitchell0 leonelmitchell99@just.cdfaq.com 196.242.20.232
    Bennybib brandonfusaro@gmail.com 31.173.87.14
    GarlandPhymn athletics1593@aol.com 31.173.85.184