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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 - 12 Feb 2026 12:09 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,864
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    jkay jkay@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    everettvezzosa2 everettvezzosa2@take-ur-vites.org 167.160.78.1
    DarwinSowerby82 darwinsowerby98@among.ehomu.com 223.29.254.8
    roseannstarkey5582 roseannstarkey5582@adult-work.info 172.71.154.178
    bwann bwann@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    MerryHartin774 merryhartin-1868@cryptoboss-casino665.top 72.56.155.125
    koltyrin97 koltyrin97@inbox.ru 98.98.200.66
    maryjones5951r3am maryjones5951r3am@mustdoindubai.com 23.236.236.155
    yhmpvdyy yhmpvdyy@eblanomail.com 185.255.126.24
    VickyWinter560 vickywinter16@just.cdfaq.com 196.240.143.158
    info info@professionalseocleanup.com 120.40.130.70
    KatrinHolroyd74 katrinholroyd4297@cryptoboss-casino665.top 72.56.155.101
    EarlValente38 earlvalente2877@cryptoboss-casino665.top 72.56.157.165
    lu.f.inub.i.v.o5.36 lu.f.inub.i.v.o5.36@gmail.com 172.71.158.69
    MarissaNow marissadooley65@mode.ehomu.com 107.175.152.81
    JeannaMcGahey jeannamcgahey@cer.scoldly.com 196.51.193.85
    dmarcreports dmarcreports@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    CruzCowan3 cruzcowan74@talk.muzaco.com 191.101.250.19
    nena nena@e.skywardhub.online 66.63.183.188
    FaustinoWillison faustino.willison@cryptoboss-casino665.top 72.56.144.151
    202:8108:8125:100:46:6598:92:571 202:8108:8125:100:46:6598:92:571 120.40.130.70
    JeraldMacaulay5 jeraldmacaulay13@among.ehomu.com 102.165.55.129
    j2.8569.9.8. j2.8569.9.8.@gmail.com 172.69.134.211
    doniellebolden1998 doniellebolden1998@maiilscores.com 172.64.217.99
    ralftruong ralftruong@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.211
    felippe marcosandresouzaarruda9@gmail.com 2804:65:435:1800:57:93:903:980
    rosegranier3163 rosegranier3163@anonmails.de 162.158.167.35
    DianaRichart dianarichart92@keep.cdfaq.com 196.240.143.48
    santo-kenney-8534 santo-kenney-8534@fpsrealm.xyz 104.22.17.126
    compassthin compassthinot@centraltermites.site 41.77.117.2
    josievasquez4775 josievasquez4775@dmxs8.com 172.69.134.211
    ErikKpg93386952 catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.138
    pearlangel pearlangelvq@centraltermites.site 41.77.117.2
    ReneAlvardo catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.43
    Thomasbox jeffreyzaiser1990@vargosmail.com 109.236.88.82
    decks decks@thedeckstore.com 98.182.147.97
    2604:308:17:10:452::1988:34 2604:308:17:10:452::1988:34 120.40.130.70
    MarianaMadrid5 catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.159
    LeahPool671065 catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.159
    OliveBreen40356 ranabianchi80060@seoautomationpro.com 72.57.71.7
    JeffreyCaf y.eremin.95053901@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    RosalindGarrick marygonzalez249918f1@verifiedlinklist.com 107.175.150.11
    jeanettecartwright8055 jeanettecartwright8055@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.35
    157 157@kirisbyforum.fun 217.60.2.243
    calin.tamas calin.tamas@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    k0fkq k0fkq@goshop1888.shop 1.169.81.26
    noelfraire6197 noelfraire6197@admiralx-challenge.top 72.56.155.46
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    2003:2:213:8800:61:435:8:25 2003:2:213:8800:61:435:8:25 120.40.130.70
    AnnmarieHowden4 dannycartwright@bd.dns-cloud.net 23.94.15.249
    RyderCourtois3 satoshiyamamoto884038ra9@seoautomationpro.com 192.126.177.116
    REVITHION automationjason@gmail.com 77.247.178.147
    GretchenAustral gretchengretchen83@kaxara.mailbox10.info 45.3.39.37
    robin.re robin.re@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    BevKimble49 wdepontinomzr77@nestmailbox.com 192.241.121.22
    ckennelly ckennelly@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    casey.wrenfordsley casey.wrenfordsley@fpsrealm.xyz 104.22.17.127
    nathand nathand@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    markuskaindl markuskaindl@chat.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    RenatoPlayfair4 catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.138
    hello hello@civils.ai 120.40.130.70
    TameraBorden0 charlesanderson8611wc4h@verifiedlinklist.com 192.126.177.231
    HershelLoc freemanholbrook5704@ntp.homes 84.239.42.153
    MarshallH41 katiahavens@asia.dnsabr.com 23.94.15.249
    JeromeFried231 catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.43
    taku.yasui taku.yasui@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:197:100:003:87:82:17 202:1810:197:100:003:87:82:17 120.40.130.70
    MaureenWade01 catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.159.74
    ArnulfoPoate catchall@pofarby.pl 195.216.158.138
    astancu astancu@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    emilylangdonshepherd emilylangdonshepherd@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
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