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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 May 2026 5:40 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,252
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    davidjones5096vwav davidjones5096vwav@d.welcometotijuana.com 172.71.158.69
    peachznkreamz princesspochontasphotograppghy@mail.com 2001:56:37:8200:5969:957:84:83
    aleksandrlolubu aleksandrlolubu@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    JacquesF60 johnanderson6106obaq@verifiedlinklist.com 103.240.99.165
    teriteri teriteri@fuviji.mailhome.info 45.133.113.161
    karensmith9724ka7n karensmith9724ka7n@f.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.39.28
    mlonanlout1985 mlonanlout1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AmberD98914 stevenhernandez9075urca@backlinks.monster 196.51.81.172
    elpaco elpaco@gmail.clm 179.19.72.231
    elizabethjones4922l0x0 elizabethjones4922l0x0@b.travel-e-store.com 92.118.41.120
    202:1810:9575:00:131:2:4:306 202:1810:9575:00:131:2:4:306 120.40.130.70
    seanjones186380bgo seanjones186380bgo@d.seoautomationpro.com 92.118.41.68
    2600:65:417:318:204:46:62:2851 2600:65:417:318:204:46:62:2851 120.40.130.70
    maryrodriguez6251vz8l maryrodriguez6251vz8l@c.gsavps.xyz 92.118.41.25
    DominikBackhouse charlesjohnson8182q73h@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 107.172.52.173
    stewart-winfield stewart-winfield@9885.scalesurge.io 172.69.134.85
    ChanteHamblen4 gracenelms@anonmails.de 89.124.94.93
    kmcnydml kmcnydml@reevalmail.com 104.22.17.126
    vk1 vk1@praymdirect.site 120.40.130.70
    jenniferbrown7086o3gb jenniferbrown7086o3gb@b.pattaya-mega.com 192.126.231.185
    2405:600:28:713:954:98:17:36 2405:600:28:713:954:98:17:36 120.40.130.70
    LillianSaenz2 davidjones5064atub@gsasearchengineranker.shop 196.51.233.72
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 172.69.134.84
    tanya-ogrady tanya-ogrady@9253.scalesurge.io 104.22.17.127
    Thersoterickingdom theesoterickingdombusiness@gmail.com 2603:6010:8700:2026:478:3720:30:151
    a a@xelo.pro 120.40.130.70
    Sheri97405502 sherijefferies@81d9.scalesurge.io 131.196.54.76
    donaldwilson32176x23 donaldwilson32176x23@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 92.118.41.45
    juncruz80790 juncruz80790@d.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.47.12
    Annmarie51B williammoore3525i44g@swartluxury258.com 196.51.233.60
    amaleta amaleta@awsome-gadgets.com 146.190.80.158
    matthewmoore5412jrki matthewmoore5412jrki@b.resorts-in-asia.com 92.118.41.25
    matthewgonzalez7196ir3e matthewgonzalez7196ir3e@c.pattaya-mega.com 2.56.51.82
    mikawilliams63878pot2 mikawilliams63878pot2@b.seoautomationpro.com 2.56.51.211
    merrillwhittaker merrillwhittaker@onlinecmail.com 172.69.134.84
    janereade2376 janereade2376@discardmail.com 172.71.158.68
    lesgretixa1986 lesgretixa1986@mailopenz.com 84.252.66.236
    erikachristian erikachristian@t-online.de 162.158.167.133
    patriciadavis2253c9dn patriciadavis2253c9dn@a.gsavps.xyz 92.118.41.244
    yhemolee dannybruce1620@gmail.com 191.96.67.108
    willystringer-9130 willystringer-9130@sansan160.voenavto.xyz 120.40.130.70
    malvin dannybrucee90@gmail.com 156.146.60.84
    LizzieApr3713061 lizzie.lizzie43@jugavu.pantzer.space 45.145.129.160
    jamesmoore69076zo0 jamesmoore69076zo0@c.pattaya-mega.com 92.118.41.166
    erickkeeney erickkeeney@onepureedge.com 162.158.167.134
    woodrowhartwell29 woodrowhartwell29@tala.oxilv.com 104.22.17.127
    202:1810:9519:900:8:90:4201:2 202:1810:9519:900:8:90:4201:2 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9519:900:4:7:7:648 202:1810:9519:900:4:7:7:648 120.40.130.70
    mayra.mcencroe42 mayra.mcencroe42@onepureedge.com 162.158.167.134
    terriedickens terriedickens@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.84
    202:1810:413:00:9908:1:8619:50 202:1810:413:00:9908:1:8619:50 120.40.130.70
    ChristaShattuck christachrista46@todezu.tele.christmas 212.87.216.217
    2003::474:697:1:71:6:592 2003::474:697:1:71:6:592 120.40.130.70
    miaminightlifeexclusive miaminightlifeexclusive@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    hildegardhildegard hildegardhildegard@nikame.camels.online 162.158.167.134
    KathieStambaugh charleswoods@leantechy.xyz 38.17.46.4
    markgonzalez4957jcrp markgonzalez4957jcrp@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 120.40.130.70
    daltonshowalter daltonshowalter@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.84
    susanblanton susanblanton@bd.dns-cloud.net 2.56.51.239
    SibylBinkley37 sibylbinkley57@.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    herman.fenbury59 herman.fenbury59@onepureedge.com 104.22.20.142
    lonadunham53 lonadunham53@armed.veauly.com 172.69.134.84
    cody.bennelong99 cody.bennelong99@heartvistanow.com 104.22.17.126
    jacintotimmons3412 jacintotimmons3412@spambog.ru 92.118.43.11
    jidbsaao jidbsaao@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:898:9701:98:789:6314:98 202:03:898:9701:98:789:6314:98 120.40.130.70
    evantyler210 evantyler210@proton.me 38.114.114.118
    202:1810:42:900:46:00:632:4374 202:1810:42:900:46:00:632:4374 120.40.130.70
    certs certs@mx1.menlhk.go.id 120.40.130.70
    raemartin50 raemartin50@toy.pettin.com 162.158.167.134
    SARMATIANHUNKING hunranger@gmail.com 216.73.160.83
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    stevenlopez8256jddv stevenlopez8256jddv@a.verifiedlinklist.com 141.98.133.161
    katrinsegal23 katrinsegal23@quickreply.51tiemo.com 195.63.30.72