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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 - 8 Dec 2025 7:36 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,431
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    silenthill11223 silenthill11223@gmail.com 172.69.111.192
    spontaneousside spontaneousside@inbox.lv 178.159.37.98
    ox.i.m.u.s77.7y.3z.6.fxb.ck.q ox.i.m.u.s77.7y.3z.6.fxb.ck.q@gmail.com 172.69.23.70
    2605:601:659:5900:8:1185:5872:8645 2605:601:659:5900:8:1185:5872:8645 120.40.130.70
    NellyKayser6 nelly-kayser@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.55.112
    kieranhibbins24 kieranhibbins24@orvani.glinxy.org 172.71.159.117
    RandalKelly alabama4@best-yurist-moscow.store 166.1.203.194
    negeredese negeredese@anonmails.de 5.183.130.172
    susangonzalez54620hec susangonzalez54620hec@a.mustdoindubai.com 194.61.9.198
    visghawm visghawm@ronaldofmail.com 85.203.36.41
    MichaelPayne828 michaelpayne71@lower.ehomu.com 196.242.195.58
    alexisteaxdo1929 alexisteaxdo@gmail.com 72.195.34.59
    dorthykujawski70 dorthykujawski70@lomitar.glinxy.org 104.22.20.195
    Isabella23V alabama25@best-yurist-moscow.store 154.194.119.215
    lamarvroland lamarvroland@spambog.com 103.127.5.83
    MirtaBurrows0 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.240.143.106
    CasieRot32 casiebales3@list.cdfaq.com 196.240.143.106
    RoderickLindt rodericklindt69@delka.yoshisad.com 107.175.151.97
    juliennedakota juliennedakota@solstris.com 172.69.23.70
    wfsre wfsre@yuridicheskaya-konsultaciya11.store 172.71.154.178
    Weaponuec emilwong.us@gmail.com 70.166.167.55
    MikeLucaDeVries info@strictlydigital.net 158.173.154.189
    Annmarie7356 annmariemacgroarty32@delka.yoshisad.com 107.175.151.90
    KendallFqb jessmyles@solstris.com 191.101.250.107
    martinarancourt martinarancourt@mailmenot.io 172.69.234.151
    FrancesPfeiffer francespfeiffer68@lower.ehomu.com 165.231.105.131
    topone21 topone21@blogwebsite.top 37.143.62.210
    nicolasmccullough623 nicolasmccullough623@23.8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.43
    BarneyStamm092 finlaylynette@solstris.com 196.242.20.122
    Lawanna81C alabama13@best-yurist-moscow.store 166.1.203.194
    frederickgoldsmith frederickgoldsmith@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    mmph22 mmph22@blogwebsite.top 37.143.62.249
    AngelineFortune angeline.fortune48@gularte73.browndecorationlights 192.126.149.3
    MartinaColbert martinacolbert@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.55.161
    2603:6011:700:1:475:409:327:29 2603:6011:700:1:475:409:327:29 120.40.130.70
    hamlin hamlin@twc.com 96.29.40.42
    2400:7:115:300:963:9:298:74 2400:7:115:300:963:9:298:74 120.40.130.70
    AimeeAshton158 aimee.aimee20@gazako.smush.space 193.151.191.213
    LynwoodMacfarlan alabama17@best-yurist-moscow.store 154.196.38.251
    RigobertoChang rigobertochang90@thus.ehomu.com 181.215.16.163
    2806:105::154:7502:356:524:875 2806:105::154:7502:356:524:875 120.40.130.70
    dannbaldwinson98 dannbaldwinson98@fenava.glinxy.org 172.71.159.138
    2001:0:435:703:294:483:275:88 2001:0:435:703:294:483:275:88 120.40.130.70
    beckyfrueh beckyfrueh@b.cr.cloudns.asia 91.225.120.133
    2001:0:436:62:502:1:882:4444 2001:0:436:62:502:1:882:4444 120.40.130.70
    CKLSheryl3313 maximiliandennys@adult-work.info 8.218.66.45
    2001:0:439:7130:540:15:87:8 2001:0:439:7130:540:15:87:8 120.40.130.70
    IsisPms9869 drusi@orbitaloffer.online 196.51.69.84
    PatriciaWatts55 jamesmiller258ro60@mustdoindubai.com 23.81.228.104
    selenacalwell99 selenacalwell99@gato.rixyle.com 104.22.17.127
    info info@strictlydigital.net 158.173.154.189
    2001:0:5541:593:59:82:85:72 2001:0:5541:593:59:82:85:72 120.40.130.70
    christena.burfitt christena.burfitt@67ba.catche1.com 172.71.154.178
    info info@digital-x-press.com 120.40.130.70
    DemiMelrose54 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.196.254.37
    VivianIsabel34 kelliamber@solstris.com 191.101.92.32
    Clayton1228 yhjiku@yuridicheskaya-konsultaciya11.store 154.196.38.251
    han.z53.905. han.z53.905.@gmail.com 92.119.36.51
    negeredese negeredese@anonmails.de 91.188.244.33
    claudiowalkom.287 claudiowalkom.287@temz.net 43.134.75.206
    aileenhighsmith11 aileenhighsmith11@orvani.glinxy.org 172.71.154.178
    2001:0:4082:2276:435:4:74:712 2001:0:4082:2276:435:4:74:712 120.40.130.70
    Alice0267966971 wfsre@yuridicheskaya-konsultaciya11.store 154.196.87.190
    Samuel6857 samuel-carty@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.47.184
    2804:2140:1000:53:2:6351:164:5915 2804:2140:1000:53:2:6351:164:5915 120.40.130.70
    johnanderson5363y37f johnanderson5363y37f@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 108.62.102.6
    hhh323 hhh323@gmali.com 120.40.130.70
    QZYTilly84700141 karenmoore7059v160@a.resorts-in-asia.com 192.126.209.237
    anneliesekiefer anneliesekiefer@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    limdis limdis@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    jadayali8189 jadayali8189@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.195
    2001:0:5681:4:34:717:00:7 2001:0:5681:4:34:717:00:7 120.40.130.70
    LaurenCroft lauren-croft60@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.39.238