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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 11:31 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,607
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:03:8746:00:84:1512:20:44 202:03:8746:00:84:1512:20:44 120.40.130.70
    nikolayy-shevcov nikolayy-shevcov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    888888888886fsfgslwrgw 888888888886fsfgslwrgw@seomodul.ru 195.209.218.175
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    grazynamcmillian43 grazynamcmillian43@only.veauly.com 172.69.135.13
    RAFAEL 23raes44@gmail.com 85.152.125.228
    Davidshoup tacusol-6816@mail.ru 152.89.253.33
    xaviar xaviar@wp.pl 185.93.240.63
    l.in.k.s.89m.a.s.t l.in.k.s.89m.a.s.t@gmail.com 193.141.60.154
    webs webs@cet.ac.il 120.40.130.70
    DeboraHain p.w.oe.iur@gmail.com 64.188.101.198
    nilat nilat@mailna.co 138.249.185.4
    RosalindaShute8 georgettamathieu@hotbird.giize.com 66.63.160.60
    39n1991280 blrsrlnpav@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    or.u.mah.e.r17.3 or.u.mah.e.r17.3@gmail.com 144.124.245.145
    hihdopulbx hihdopulbx@rambler.ru 79.127.175.14
    202:1808:4:776::417:984 202:1808:4:776::417:984 120.40.130.70
    wwfoiqxfzq wwfoiqxfzq@rambler.ru 79.127.175.14
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 84.54.44.19
    eflpyeqzpg eflpyeqzpg@rambler.ru 79.127.175.14
    nqjyaqrthk nqjyaqrthk@rambler.ru 79.127.175.14
    202:020:5:74:852:887:85:63 202:020:5:74:852:887:85:63 120.40.130.70
    hr hr@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    office365join office365join@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    tongys tongys@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    dmarc dmarc@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    cbhsallv cbhsallv@legenmail.com 154.29.87.113
    kf kf@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    wangyy wangyy@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    njyxzbcs njyxzbcs@qiye.163.com 120.40.130.70
    olgaletunovskaya olgaletunovskaya@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    kristalolita kristalolita@veauly.com 172.69.22.86
    202:020:5:74:852:887:85:63 202:020:5:74:852:887:85:63 120.40.130.70
    JamesSterne2 james-james59@nuzifi.promail.guru 216.40.73.205
    linnieroush32 linnieroush32@nervain.nexanta.eu 120.40.130.70
    BenVaughan benvaughan26@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.76
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    mohammad.hassan.adboolraheem mohammad.hassan.adboolraheem@eu.equinix.com 120.40.130.70
    klozvgidux klozvgidux@rambler.ru 79.127.175.14
    adelaida-adelaida68 adelaida-adelaida68@nixuyi.roofmail.world 120.40.130.70
    SavannahBevins savannahbevins58@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.68
    latesha-henning latesha-henning@fpsrealm.xyz 120.40.130.70
    pjxixwyv pjxixwyv@bekommenmail.com 104.22.17.127
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LizaGuay35734 lizaguay97@.mxdood.com 196.196.254.131
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    joycechecchi joycechecchi@wordspacemail.com 104.22.17.127
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LonnaV765579 lonnacaperton65@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.56
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    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tonjathomas54 tonjathomas54@tuli.lyvix.org 120.40.130.70
    avgustina.morozova avgustina.morozova@bk.ru 162.158.167.121
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    202:020:546:49:636:877:466:3 202:020:546:49:636:877:466:3 120.40.130.70
    RaleighMartinez andrewanderson6943fotg@e.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.95.221
    202:3100:6564:1900:572:6397:500:9204 202:3100:6564:1900:572:6397:500:9204 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 162.158.167.121
    4 4@solatog.online 172.69.135.13
    AjaMccaffrey6 darwinwhish@pawobby.cfd 38.154.67.206
    avgustina.morozova avgustina.morozova@bk.ru 172.71.154.178
    kathrinmallette7563 kathrinmallette7563@jiangwy.one 185.94.192.216
    mittienorton8877 mittienorton8877@thodianamdu.com. 112.204.163.98
    202:020:541:9546:40:864:881:899 202:020:541:9546:40:864:881:899 120.40.130.70
    202:020:546:49:636:877:466:3 202:020:546:49:636:877:466:3 120.40.130.70
    JorjaBottomley anthonygarcia9822ditu@backlinks.monster 69.4.90.27
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