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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 - 14 Aug 2026 3:25 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,083
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:8108:8125:100:9:9::330 202:8108:8125:100:9:9::330 120.40.130.70
    JacquieMaes81 kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.114.216
    ik ik@ikonmenkul.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    seint.nandar.oo.aandc seint.nandar.oo.aandc@gmail.com 104.28.152.130
    2herterttg 2herterttg@anonmails.de 104.207.35.178
    nastyapoluge nastyapoluge@mail.ru 83.217.213.120
    RodStainfo michaelmoore9435afvw@f.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.140.189
    202:8108:8125:100:315:643:61:381 202:8108:8125:100:315:643:61:381 120.40.130.70
    MaricruzCh williamtaylor88199h4m@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.89.192
    operasyon operasyon@ikonmenkul.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    RosalindaGrasser garrettsedillo6461@discardmail.com 122.183.33.93
    ChristiTarr5 wbaccainiekr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.53
    ponomareva.1982.21.7 ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    egorgefuhi egorgefuhi@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    czepling93 czepling93@wp.pl 202:3035:0:5271:3819:2::879
    MarleneKort9222 marlenekort90@past.pettin.com 192.126.156.215
    donaldmoore9173oh86 donaldmoore9173oh86@gsasearchengineranker.info 120.40.130.70
    3hyjukkkiol 3hyjukkkiol@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    ErikTreasure051 eriktreasure74@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.152
    MarisaBaeh robertlopez7980zmu@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 38.154.75.119
    202:020:542:267:4:55:200:50 202:020:542:267:4:55:200:50 120.40.130.70
    RosalineCookson jerry@neoxinet.com 202.133.88.173
    202:1808:4:93:20:859:853:7223 202:1808:4:93:20:859:853:7223 120.40.130.70
    vickipetty12 vickipetty12@iverant.nexanta.eu 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:3202:4880:4:32:5233:7 2001:100:3202:4880:4:32:5233:7 120.40.130.70
    TabithaHusk56 elizabethmartin533971i8@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.11.177
    vikloriy2 vikloriy2@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    BenjaminMetcalf wayubssr93@nestmailbox.com 94.46.247.124
    lindamiller2289uj3k lindamiller2289uj3k@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.229.71.116
    CerysBevins72 wmarciottikzr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.53
    malcolmscrivener9014 malcolmscrivener9014@bd.dns-cloud.net 23.19.248.198
    Philiphex halcheni1990@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 10.42.102.190
    FredMatthaei fredmatthaei15@fast.veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    williamhernandez3001fxmv williamhernandez3001fxmv@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 81.92.194.149
    GeriHersh5 gerihersh21@lavrana.zerivo.eu 23.81.63.179
    nelson.nelson95 nelson.nelson95@pocoru.floor.casa 91.247.163.182
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 10.42.102.190
    3hyjukkkiol 3hyjukkkiol@anonmails.de 45.3.33.135
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 185.231.155.169
    204:441:3142:097::3442:097 204:441:3142:097::3442:097 120.40.130.70
    VeroniqueToomey whymffurfibgr93@nestmailbox.com 78.157.213.160
    dobyfinancial dobyfinancial@usako.net 216.40.74.208
    KristineRunyan kristinerunyan78@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    200:10:448:271:0:73:955:5801 200:10:448:271:0:73:955:5801 120.40.130.70
    JoshuaKex vasilevruslanky1730@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    mercedesmc 0916sn53gq3@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250
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    simi2005 simi2005@abv.bg 120.40.130.70
    202:441:902:0:1:915:76:64 202:441:902:0:1:915:76:64 120.40.130.70
    MargerySroka49 waboiadathr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.148
    b.o.li.qag.ip.u.qi1.4 b.o.li.qag.ip.u.qi1.4@gmail.com (empty)
    Dennisspeax kristinakehado@mail.ru 195.2.78.191
    202:03:857:3801:061:718:3:315 202:03:857:3801:061:718:3:315 120.40.130.70
    Michaelalamp raisamemibi@mail.ru 178.20.45.182
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    KellyeJlx66 davidanderson1147bkcl@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 167.160.182.16
    stingray accepted.stingray.psso@hidesit.net 103.108.231.233
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    MargaritaOrlando wclementgoror93@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.92
    ermellino-09.imperituro ermellino-09.imperituro@icloud.com 146.19.125.70
    MadelaineMargoli wesgalenanabr93@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.249
    vivek.kubal vivek.kubal@rediffmail.com 120.40.130.70
    AngieKelliher8 angie-kelliher@mailtech.ro 212.58.132.5
    2600:100:14:9458:141:697:2090:8 2600:100:14:9458:141:697:2090:8 120.40.130.70
    MaribelHoughton augustuswinston7862@anonmails.de 185.181.246.176
    BruceStuth mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 178.20.45.159
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