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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 - 24 Sep 2026 3:42 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,974
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    bennettsilvis14 bennettsilvis14@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.184
    pavelchachin pavelchachin@keemail.me 120.40.130.70
    lyaktgbuqSl lyaktgbuqSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    ufopbiobkSl ufopbiobkSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    ohoqbssqco ohoqbssqco@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    fqogogdcgel fqogogdcgel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    emarket emarket@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    Pucarinho Pucarinho@vo.lu 120.40.130.70
    baohg baohg@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    aunevrifima aunevrifima@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    742919070 742919070@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    ixvehnsjfer ixvehnsjfer@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    NatashaBagot wmalisia@veauly.com 23.95.81.223
    tuuysjrtuel tuuysjrtuel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    alert alert@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    StormyBerryman josephrodriguez52794011@gsaserbuilder.xyz 217.60.85.173
    1c.normal.manager 1c.normal.manager@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    vananhnt vananhnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ShellaR56663495 josephwilson4253wmwm@gsaserbuilder.xyz 170.130.178.87
    Eloy46Q118 eloy.macgillivray.credit14@mktthrill.com 104.238.8.232
    ckrptqbokSl ckrptqbokSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    saocwglgsma saocwglgsma@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    ArlethaMurph7 wxelawen1sp1r95@nestmailbox.com 23.236.205.44
    uyenvtt uyenvtt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2804:56:18:7400:8119:3291:32:29 2804:56:18:7400:8119:3291:32:29 120.40.130.70
    qisevstokSr qisevstokSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    1c.normal.admin 1c.normal.admin@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    jfzvetfqpSl jfzvetfqpSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    2804:58:8470:900:514:370:297:249 2804:58:8470:900:514:370:297:249 120.40.130.70
    2806:20:930:8647:779:897:2:3 2806:20:930:8647:779:897:2:3 120.40.130.70
    kubpfkrhlkt kubpfkrhlkt@ventura17.ru 72.195.34.59
    xpluxcuauel xpluxcuauel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    twitter twitter@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ogeozwoo ogeozwoo@fuhrenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    calvinjarnagin calvinjarnagin@anonmails.de 172.69.135.13
    2804:462:61:01:16:119:36:190 2804:462:61:01:16:119:36:190 120.40.130.70
    lireeuwzmSr lireeuwzmSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    GalenLzp71019 frankristofer@veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    vkwsvvdwaoi vkwsvvdwaoi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ogeozwoo ogeozwoo@fuhrenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    pzmyhrqtpkt pzmyhrqtpkt@ventura17.ru 67.201.58.190
    ebbhcdszsSr ebbhcdszsSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    almedaoshane75 almedaoshane75@use.usewisetransfer.click 162.158.167.144
    NolaOKane26 domingaperry@veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    2607:49:2244:00:890:05:17:42 2607:49:2244:00:890:05:17:42 120.40.130.70
    teresegoward9 teresegoward9@tuti.claxyn.org 192.3.147.84
    nbwavvtxcel nbwavvtxcel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    kobqfucxzSl kobqfucxzSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    tuannn tuannn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    WillisJacob9046 christopherhernandez22591yy9@b.travel-e-store.com 152.232.164.165
    vgtomgwhjel vgtomgwhjel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    ucubjkzizSl ucubjkzizSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    MellissaHardey hardey.mellissa@gmail.com 102.129.223.92
    EarnestCruicksha theopatten9483@jarszone.com 38.254.176.92
    tuyenps tuyenps@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    EliseOsby316 ryanzella@veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    taesghlxaoi taesghlxaoi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    itjojkptbSl itjojkptbSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    WTTChristie davidmiller4030za24@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 38.154.86.30
    plyrvbnvwkt plyrvbnvwkt@ventura17.ru 68.71.245.206
    srervsaeooi srervsaeooi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    rigobertoslowik70 rigobertoslowik70@fast.elyquin.org 104.22.20.57
    konstantinova67w6s konstantinova67w6s@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    2804:364:102:900:97:32:310:54 2804:364:102:900:97:32:310:54 120.40.130.70
    tuan tuan@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    dvylvbfrnma dvylvbfrnma@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    eoslyupraSl eoslyupraSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    bilbarszama bilbarszama@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    pcyunpxwlSr pcyunpxwlSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    wbyanjnlnSl wbyanjnlnSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    iwcyebmoroi iwcyebmoroi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
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    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
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