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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 - 1 Sep 2026 2:16 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,101
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LarueBenav richardjackson3056unna@f.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.170.16
    utgngopepsi utgngopepsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    lindarodriguez6706m9vz lindarodriguez6706m9vz@d.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.140.189
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kristian kristian@example.com 120.40.130.70
    uxwmmoeddSt uxwmmoeddSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    jacelynrobillard jacelynrobillard@pecinan.net 104.22.20.143
    MargartYiz da.u.iliu.6@gmail.com 167.160.75.192
    zz7rgy7rspy zz7rgy7rspy@kanyeomg.com 104.22.18.54
    erkmjcaleSt erkmjcaleSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    pigar94079 pigar94079@mapsguy.com 120.40.130.70
    frederick frederickboakyeecg@gmail.com 154.162.6.59
    5f12257e61837038a0a459397bcac40e alex.rostow@mail.ru 178.71.3.180
    suebrownless2921 suebrownless2921@anonmails.de 172.71.159.82
    wo.o.d.for.dja.me.son4 wo.o.d.for.dja.me.son4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    glendennys7306 glendennys7306@anonmails.de 196.16.5.209
    eubivkpzoOt eubivkpzoOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    swdouqiwpsi swdouqiwpsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    csdcyhaxaSt csdcyhaxaSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    vernnivison1081 vernnivison1081@anonmails.de 172.69.135.13
    houston.mueller houston.mueller@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.142
    telma.lima telma.lima@stormgroup.com.br 120.40.130.70
    DannieGravatt susanjackson2032ir0j@b.blog-stuff.com 66.63.178.65
    GwendolynPittard michaeljones3630r3ad@c.pattaya-mega.com 66.63.178.202
    randysain randysain@gsa.fghe.store 172.69.23.184
    ykaoidmzjOt ykaoidmzjOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    dzylykxsjSt dzylykxsjSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    vladzubovich vladzubovich@yandex.ru 128.71.249.220
    tzyyylpw tzyyylpw@blackfirsta.com 172.71.154.178
    ChadwickFoye64 lindajohnson9148zc6n@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 67.215.242.111
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 141.101.98.103
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    xdvyxdnkesi xdvyxdnkesi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    jsdztvbmvOt jsdztvbmvOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lindagonzalez61240caj lindagonzalez61240caj@a.welcometotijuana.com 104.22.20.142
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cristinabuckley9617 cristinabuckley9617@anonmails.de 104.22.18.54
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    global.gbt.co.il global.gbt.co.il@gmail.com 23.236.229.228
    vfdwcmiwrsi vfdwcmiwrsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    toddmichalik5007 toddmichalik5007@anonmails.de 162.158.167.44
    weekend weekend@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Anthonyneami vrolpaz@caskiomna.fun 51.254.198.96
    202:8071:7051:40:84:61:54:53 202:8071:7051:40:84:61:54:53 120.40.130.70
    andyfrawley andyfrawley@discardmail.com 162.158.167.44
    vrolpaz vrolpaz@caskiomna.fun 51.254.198.96
    AntonyNajera382 joshuajones20120zmn@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 192.186.170.21
    donaldmartinez97874ea4 donaldmartinez97874ea4@b.travel-e-store.com 107.173.217.29
    mpjnsujeesi mpjnsujeesi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    202:8071:7051:40:84:61:54:53 202:8071:7051:40:84:61:54:53 120.40.130.70
    urpqfjiebOt urpqfjiebOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    agxytalr agxytalr@firsthidden.com 104.22.20.143
    ingrid.tiegs-2683 ingrid.tiegs-2683@vastonlinesolution.com 172.69.23.183
    ernestdeboos1134 ernestdeboos1134@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.178
    jliajunioro jliajunioro@126.com 72.49.49.11
    pvknuuucqSt pvknuuucqSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    wzkorsbsdh wzkorsbsdh@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    Katanast vero@cialis-otc.com 5.3.219.34
    newbloghi215 newbloghi215@blogranks.top 2.57.23.41
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    frantically frantically@cialis-otc.com 172.71.154.178
    t.r.i.p.ab.e.stpla.c.es t.r.i.p.ab.e.stpla.c.es@gmail.com 104.22.18.54
    IraGepp78453245 marklopez4205movb@b.travel-e-store.com 72.57.70.141
    charliehoffmann982470r20 charliehoffmann982470r20@a.seoautomationpro.com 23.229.94.140
    ddp ddp@xxi-banorte.com 120.40.130.70