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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 - 26 May 2026 4:51 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,906
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    barbaradavis227826t2 barbaradavis227826t2@a.pattaya-mega.com 192.161.160.116
    2607:90:191:55:280:2:45:646 2607:90:191:55:280:2:45:646 120.40.130.70
    IvanManjarrez ivanmanjarrez21@pound.milkgg.com 23.81.230.194
    roo.fe.rm.a.tt.0.5. roo.fe.rm.a.tt.0.5.@gmail.com 92.119.36.13
    SteffenLoar513 steffenloar84@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.184
    FloreneSmith7 florenesmith50@these.veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    sfthtsht sfthtsht@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    risa26 mikeodomsr13@gmail.com 2600:387::38::4
    DawnaWakelin11 juliennedakota@solstris.com 191.101.114.39
    charlesmartinez5135m75d charlesmartinez5135m75d@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.20.143
    lindawilson2716vga lindawilson2716vga@a.mustdoindubai.com 193.58.104.161
    f.i.cke.m.i.c.h8 f.i.cke.m.i.c.h8@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    KEWMeagan8029 meagan.dobbs@2bdb.xk29sd.site 45.140.211.68
    bernadettearsenault6868 bernadettearsenault6868@googl.win 172.69.134.84
    katharinamarcello katharinamarcello@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.134
    20:5686:40:64:661:54:89:901 20:5686:40:64:661:54:89:901 120.40.130.70
    RaymondDevereaux raymonddevereaux60@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.164
    qyiewdtw qyiewdtw@bethcampbell.biz 168.228.47.216
    katarzynamadejb katarzynamadejb@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    lowellroden lowellroden@23.8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.133
    sharon.kavanagh sharon.kavanagh@bdfe.thomasin.online 172.71.158.166
    admin admin@dimrot.ru 120.40.130.70
    20:287:725:80:47:5::3934 20:287:725:80:47:5::3934 120.40.130.70
    richardmoore944523oy richardmoore944523oy@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.97.191
    SharynStern983 sharynstern14@slow.pettin.com 102.165.55.133
    parwadi.hrishiraj.13in5008 parwadi.hrishiraj.13in5008@gmail.com 2607:91:28:46:461:286:81:77
    StepanieMalm9 stepaniemalm87@put.pettin.com 102.165.54.226
    kathleenwhitely kathleenwhitely@freundin.ru 172.69.23.193
    CarloGainford carlogainford33@slow.pettin.com 196.196.254.131
    pavel.sokolov1 pavel.sokolov1@casinotds.xyz 172.71.158.166
    kourtney.diehl-2976 kourtney.diehl-2976@beastmail.biz 104.22.20.143
    20:387:1:782:1:516:0:2 20:387:1:782:1:516:0:2 120.40.130.70
    michaelthompson michaelthompson@eurovip.club 200.0.60.217
    ClariceMaestas4 joshuamartin8347b190@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 156.241.204.229
    marquisshillito47 marquisshillito47@9cad.bestsmmservice.online 104.22.20.142
    LuigiSissons66 luigisissons83@self.ehomu.com 154.16.69.146
    lynetteokeefe lynetteokeefe@1secmail.com 172.69.23.194
    florenciaplott florenciaplott@asia.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.168
    gxzdzcot gxzdzcot@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    NicholasAllie79 nicholasallie39@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    PaulineGoggins8 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 23.95.81.223
    stevenlopez8256jddv stevenlopez8256jddv@a.verifiedlinklist.com 45.145.118.165
    MiaBuilder383 duahbhgp@sabesmail.com 154.195.143.188
    LoriHein48981 tedtia@solstris.com 45.125.245.187
    pballagan pballagan@proton.me 136.32.177.31
    MargieComeau margiecomeau85@nor.mxdood.com 144.48.52.254
    BeatrisLoveless beatrisloveless21@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.92.164
    luisjackson luisjackson@rus-china.travel 181.177.103.249
    TrudiLeavens37 trudileavens13@nor.mxdood.com 196.196.254.21
    uyydclxd uyydclxd@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    JerekioxInvix2 martinez.pat@yahoo.com 140.235.0.182
    anthonythomas9233o7om anthonythomas9233o7om@c.travel-e-store.com 104.22.20.143
    2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 120.40.130.70
    ba.i.lbon.d.s12.0 ba.i.lbon.d.s12.0@gmail.com 172.71.154.168
    alenakessell41 alenakessell41@slow.pettin.com 162.158.167.134
    concettacoffin7646 concettacoffin7646@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.158.167
    2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 120.40.130.70
    EzequielOlive8 alisiabedore6q@gmx.us 190.12.169.198
    reginaldco ff.rwqpwn1856@jaebd.com 46.151.24.148
    thomas thomas@appelt.one 120.40.130.70
    BEYClint836702 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 191.101.114.223
    DemiGalea64 kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.198.13.205
    benjaminva ms.qileqn4807@jaebd.com 46.151.24.148
    IrwinH0052569 hwalucio@solstris.com 191.101.114.68
    SabinaPickel19 arturoshannan@solstris.com 191.101.92.224
    SadieO3920893627 sadiehickson49@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.216
    202:461:068:0:161:39:560:9521 202:461:068:0:161:39:560:9521 120.40.130.70
    MarieEspinal marieespinal65@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    florineduby38 florineduby38@siro.glinxy.com 104.22.20.143
    DanialMarryat8 danialmarryat75@.mxdood.com 196.196.253.94
    michaeljohnson5331ivbc michaeljohnson5331ivbc@c.welcometotijuana.com 45.151.145.59
    summer-li summer-li@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    6200613 6200613@tut.by 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    i.v.or.a.bo.da52.4 i.v.or.a.bo.da52.4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    joshuajones4398isbg joshuajones4398isbg@c.travel-e-store.com 172.71.154.169