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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 - 7 Jun 2026 1:52 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,717
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    augustuswhatley463 augustuswhatley463@lunarmoon.online 104.22.17.126
    Roberta robertaoism@gmail.com 205.185.192.81
    BennettLazarev4 bennettlazarev80@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.161
    donaldjackson3736nnrc donaldjackson3736nnrc@b.resorts-in-asia.com 107.175.2.71
    kozinvitj kozinvitj@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 120.40.130.70
    awzmeday awzmeday@bekommenmail.com 172.71.154.178
    202:8108:8125:100:52:32:30:360 202:8108:8125:100:52:32:30:360 120.40.130.70
    sfpoxaczgh sfpoxaczgh@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    sazazadze sazazadze@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:40:400:16::642:9 202:1810:40:400:16::642:9 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9541:100:31:6:9607:4162 202:1810:9541:100:31:6:9607:4162 120.40.130.70
    johnjones4090n69v johnjones4090n69v@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.20.142
    PrinceReardon46 princereardon100@seat.muzaco.com 103.221.232.171
    michellenelson michellenelson@solstris.com 172.71.158.167
    kishalovely kishalovely@megaposty.com. 46.17.98.188
    202:03:857:100:1954:48:102:49 202:03:857:100:1954:48:102:49 120.40.130.70
    202:469:5:0:036:168:800:11 202:469:5:0:036:168:800:11 120.40.130.70
    fladav fladav@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:505:900:71:08:944:01 202:1810:505:900:71:08:944:01 120.40.130.70
    202:03:857:100:1954:48:102:49 202:03:857:100:1954:48:102:49 120.40.130.70
    JessieWhitmer jessiewhitmer@81d9.scalesurge.io 173.208.28.94
    KatharinaFetty5 themit888@mail.ru 190.181.26.194
    tabithamcgowen68 tabithamcgowen68@delvor.zerivo.eu 120.40.130.70
    202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 120.40.130.70
    videowave wellenform@posteo.de 172.18.0.3
    202:03:8644:6800:81:459:0:411 202:03:8644:6800:81:459:0:411 120.40.130.70
    202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 120.40.130.70
    jziems jziems@neb.rr.com 120.40.130.70
    MarquisCombs893 marquiscombs27@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.31
    charissa.rhem50 charissa.rhem50@aa.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.194
    69Optimum 69Optimum.osm@gmail.com 202:3037:264:36:9:289:44:36
    timsscalexvie1970 timsscalexvie1970@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    ElenaNestor elenanestor100@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.165
    timsscalexvie1970 timsscalexvie1970@op.pl 172.71.158.166
    202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 202:03:964:900:81:375:10:11 120.40.130.70
    waai8stccwnc waai8stccwnc@mail.ru 172.71.158.166
    LillieBurdge1 lillie-burdge@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.80.151.162
    Brigette5698 brigetteguerin38@list.cdfaq.com 23.95.81.223
    Guru.oma Guru.oma@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    JMRKeesha80279 keeshabruntnell84@put.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    hxcgoemv hxcgoemv@duhastmail.com 64.31.20.24
    celsaherring49 celsaherring49@photo.veauly.com 172.71.158.167
    countoughpepa1984 countoughpepa1984@op.pl 104.22.20.142
    alexfreed alexfreed@adult-work.info 95.164.245.99
    202:020:546:38:04:11:84:45 202:020:546:38:04:11:84:45 120.40.130.70
    countoughpepa1984 countoughpepa1984@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    IreneD53271568 irenefairfax99@.mxdood.com 181.215.16.247
    amadbaljay1975 amadbaljay1975@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    shalimarsoto89 shalimarsoto89@gmail.coom 146.19.125.67
    opalhoyle opalhoyle@alightmotion.id 162.158.167.134
    Felipa81H37 felipa-kelynack1@181d.scalesurge.io 23.80.151.144
    202:1808:129:1:69:784:3995:8126 202:1808:129:1:69:784:3995:8126 120.40.130.70
    amadbaljay1975 amadbaljay1975@op.pl 162.158.167.134
    rio rio@rockstarseo.net 92.119.36.155
    202:1810:21:800:85:56::50 202:1810:21:800:85:56::50 120.40.130.70
    OptiMum 69Optimum@gmail.com 202:3037:264:36:9:289:44:36
    timsscalexvie1970 timsscalexvie1970@op.pl 172.71.154.178
    timsscalexvie1970 timsscalexvie1970@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    202:020:35:4896:598:2:1852:031 202:020:35:4896:598:2:1852:031 120.40.130.70
    qweqw qweqw@wc2026bet.ru 120.40.130.70
    danialmcevoy danialmcevoy@aa.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.126
    joseph38johnson60 joseph38johnson60@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    DesireeSnowball desireesnowball100@8e4c.scalesurge.io 173.208.28.64
    countoughpepa1984 countoughpepa1984@op.pl 104.22.20.143
    202:3100:595:400:472:76:218:7 202:3100:595:400:472:76:218:7 120.40.130.70
    countoughpepa1984 countoughpepa1984@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    znpbjctzvq znpbjctzvq@rambler.ru 89.22.236.135
    marguerite.unger marguerite.unger@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.141
    202:03:860:300:17:736:121:27 202:03:860:300:17:736:121:27 120.40.130.70
    amadbaljay1975 amadbaljay1975@op.pl 120.40.130.70
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    KendrickHarriman kendrick-harriman@4048.scalesurge.io 23.80.151.188
    jziems jziems@neb.rr.com 89.19.34.100
    maximokight66 maximokight66@fiber.pettin.com 104.22.17.127
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    minnamalloy minnamalloy@icloulb.com 172.71.154.179