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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 4:25 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,182
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bgsufeqyku bgsufeqyku@rambler.ru 79.127.175.15
    BernardBeazley9 cli.ni.cforh.i.m.76@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    spvmxxcsuq spvmxxcsuq@rambler.ru 79.127.175.15
    KathaleenNorthcu ba.il.b.o.n.d.s3.9@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    mitzispinelli40 mitzispinelli40@estrella.claxyn.org 172.69.22.86
    qczdvtepek qczdvtepek@rambler.ru 79.127.175.15
    202:1808:9:65:49:9:73:16 202:1808:9:65:49:9:73:16 120.40.130.70
    PatrickWickham c.l.in.ic.f.o.r.h.im.5@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    202:3037:268:93:2952:72:924:09 202:3037:268:93:2952:72:924:09 120.40.130.70
    dessiecarla dessiecarla@solstris.com 162.158.167.122
    Vik2312 Vik2312@rediffmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:382:3438:68:68:32:2266:11 2600:382:3438:68:68:32:2266:11 120.40.130.70
    u003einvestor.relations u003einvestor.relations@convergeict.com 120.40.130.70
    LarryRead703 luciediesendorf@iptakedownusa.com 196.244.48.241
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    suscripciones.revistacortes suscripciones.revistacortes@congreso.es 120.40.130.70
    JacobSwain1926 patriciaanderson177tp5g@linkbuilding.club 38.154.67.230
    LorraineMaclurca lorrainemaclurcan@feofaniaskit.kiev.ua 154.124.197.86
    vrwohebd vrwohebd@fuhrenmail.com 104.22.20.143
    roxanaglass-9387 roxanaglass-9387@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.143
    maryloumash9821 maryloumash9821@anonmails.de 185.94.192.216
    kxte kxte@goshop1888.shop 1.169.127.4
    3528884222821464 per.s.ai.t.o.v.22@gmail.com 31.40.203.234
    bndczmhi bndczmhi@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    celsagalloway98 celsagalloway98@print.veauly.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LillianSchweizer lillianschweizer39@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.235
    4679886070238019 lewispetropavlovskij65821@privbibl.ru 109.248.14.38
    zemljunioroz6100 zemljunioroz@hotmail.com 12.50.107.219
    0056742656229 lukeklimashevich158464@pamyatnic.su 46.8.10.206
    Stevenjonhnson12 v.u.ph.u.o.ng.t.r.a.n.g8.60.5@gmail.com 158.173.210.67
    i.p.elaj.ut.i364 i.p.elaj.ut.i364@gmail.com 172.69.135.13
    LizetteOlvera lizetteolvera80@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.224
    202:1810:859:9600:908:529:3:63 202:1810:859:9600:908:529:3:63 120.40.130.70
    LouveniaHopkins barrymattox@anonmails.de 69.4.90.24
    edwina-mcgahan edwina-mcgahan@quickreply.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    jerry jerry@neoxinet.com 172.69.22.86
    Sue5120214 seo2@infoseguridad.lat 52.140.40.92
    1a-spezialreinigung.de 1a-spezialreinigung.de@proconcept-seo.de 202:8108:227:00:946:502:1:876
    m.i.r.and.ak.a.z.a.nd.ra.50 m.i.r.and.ak.a.z.a.nd.ra.50@gmail.com 185.220.100.243
    t.8272.6.77 t.8272.6.77@gmail.com 216.24.212.188
    AlejandrinaArchi alejandrina.alejandrina9@muvima.searchmail.club 31.134.9.30
    nudapvbhsi nudapvbhsi@rambler.ru 79.127.175.52
    202:420:240:3059:454:341:2902:24 202:420:240:3059:454:341:2902:24 120.40.130.70
    TyrellCsg0052 tyrellepstein100@.mxdood.com 223.29.254.158
    marilynnbruche8137 marilynnbruche8137@latbet.click 188.130.188.109
    ahbkkdgvft ahbkkdgvft@rambler.ru 104.22.20.143
    liza-bidwell liza-bidwell@pestshielders.com 162.158.167.121
    maribeltran6306 maribeltran6306@qiott.com 172.71.154.179
    marinakenode marinakenode@mail.ru 172.71.159.81
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    SqrtDaveSquared DaveAndrews@DGATransitionCapital1.onmicrosoft.com 20:40:9056:2650:74:938:3491:8
    202:03:0:501:017:20:160:9411 202:03:0:501:017:20:160:9411 120.40.130.70
    jbwxvola jbwxvola@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    pmsbiafd pmsbiafd@duhastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    FriedaGates1 friedagates69@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.184
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 104.22.17.127
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    WalkerGray2 anthonydavis9249pbpt@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.233.42
    alfonzo-downie4178 alfonzo-downie4178@ogloszenia.site 5.183.130.30
    halina.coghlan62 halina.coghlan62@luciusmail.xyz 162.158.167.121
    MichaelLawson michaellawson34@dear.mxdood.com 196.196.254.36
    suscripciones.revistacortes suscripciones.revistacortes@congreso.es 120.40.130.70
    202:03:0:501:017:20:160:9411 202:03:0:501:017:20:160:9411 120.40.130.70
    EdmundHerz57 bai.lb.o.nds1.20@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    LavonneWheare8 sofiaclarke78781r9ok@seoautomationpro.com 103.207.2.129
    KayleighSeverson kayleighseverson100@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.83
    ezrabrunette ezrabrunette@openlandguide.xyz 177.234.138.23
    ShelaE6523897566 to.yscvfy7437@jaebd.com 77.246.99.200
    BerndWkg62149 danielmartinez8282srue@welcometotijuana.com 103.207.2.129
    leia-manor leia-manor@cryptoboss-slt.top 172.69.135.13
    OlenLakeland41 thomasjohnson6909z7c1@verifiedlinklist.com 103.207.2.129