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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 - 17 Sep 2026 5:03 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,806
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ibcxcontkpa ibcxcontkpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    brycedetwiler6555 brycedetwiler6555@dvd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.144
    ilnur.fakrislamov.1980 ilnur.fakrislamov.1980@gmail.com 172.71.159.82
    2806:288:428:394:0:67:24:301 2806:288:428:394:0:67:24:301 120.40.130.70
    lhbmcizaopn lhbmcizaopn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    lpnklsikypn lpnklsikypn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    baxlryuocpa baxlryuocpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    iagsaignfpa iagsaignfpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    1hereruiko 1hereruiko@anonmails.de 172.71.154.169
    iwenzkyjxpn iwenzkyjxpn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    2806:20:80:94:4420:5:5060:844 2806:20:80:94:4420:5:5060:844 120.40.130.70
    ksefxfclupn ksefxfclupn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    RonnyWhitesides ronny.whitesides@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    Georgealida timothy.wallace37398@gmx.com 37.139.53.124
    zjcpllkbkOn zjcpllkbkOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    ioifhnbpeKi ioifhnbpeKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ootfvkzbgOn ootfvkzbgOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    RaquelLayton88 raquellayton6645@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    domingacota domingacota@xmail.cam 172.69.135.14
    rfyrkqvviOn rfyrkqvviOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    ujfnnsyoosi ujfnnsyoosi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    Brook9970181 beauclarita@veauly.com 102.165.55.131
    bdnqxwsxupa bdnqxwsxupa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    FlorenciaCardell florencia.cardella-8607@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    ykvbfjdoypa ykvbfjdoypa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    cvrxwksxopa cvrxwksxopa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    LUWVincent u3265bdd3@blogranks.top 45.8.255.167
    gwxfztfwkOn gwxfztfwkOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    davidgarcia8300riik davidgarcia8300riik@gsasearchengineranker.support 162.158.167.144
    ysutphcuqKi ysutphcuqKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    lavontorode99 lavontorode99@fish.elyquin.com 104.22.17.79
    MasonBohner soonzita@veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    adamsstonehasone adamsstonehasone@comusmail.com 172.69.68.168
    BrandiBout paulmiller1448shox@b.resorts-in-asia.com 152.232.111.89
    vttaftrhcpa vttaftrhcpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    yfekwuqpsOn yfekwuqpsOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    2600:8801:2183:200:99:79:2:814 2600:8801:2183:200:99:79:2:814 120.40.130.70
    mahpujrjlpn mahpujrjlpn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    ugzilkfmmpn ugzilkfmmpn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    melodeesuper3193 melodeesuper3193@anonmails.de 104.22.20.56
    vwvjpwulwpn vwvjpwulwpn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    grhkryyycsi grhkryyycsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    jewel-cierrio-norton43 jewel-cierrio-norton43@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.137
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 162.158.167.144
    jzmwewahhKi jzmwewahhKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    fzoaeoffcpa fzoaeoffcpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    mahaliaswanton mahaliaswanton@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.144
    vumngoezaOn vumngoezaOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    ikuqesdrwsi ikuqesdrwsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    mtqyvhhausi mtqyvhhausi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    erna-mendenhall.9195 erna-mendenhall.9195@gsa.fghe.store 104.22.17.79
    ClairBehan elissameeks@gmail-xsniper.com 205.147.16.213
    li.nk.s89.m.as.t. li.nk.s89.m.as.t.@gmail.com 104.28.214.126
    vs.i.gs.ie.h.v.d.i.dod vs.i.gs.ie.h.v.d.i.dod@gmail.com 172.69.135.13
    tjvrubxmfpa tjvrubxmfpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    mkohpcaxesi mkohpcaxesi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    ntvrhukqiOn ntvrhukqiOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    1hereruiko 1hereruiko@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    jessicahernandez9076galw jessicahernandez9076galw@f.gsaserbuilder.store 23.236.172.45
    enbpogrucOn enbpogrucOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2806:288:428:394:0:67:24:301 2806:288:428:394:0:67:24:301 120.40.130.70
    shanaalice783 shanaalice783@anonmails.de 104.22.20.57
    JacksonFunderbur marisakorey@veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    siceqrqslOn siceqrqslOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    barbarathomas896tsc0 barbarathomas896tsc0@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.17.79
    maeuboqfdsi maeuboqfdsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    LeonOpell yywnogoh@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.20.24
    digtkudryv tvpslwpf@immenseignite.info 2602:5::9
    jmbnyjafmsi jmbnyjafmsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    sbgswjjqpKi sbgswjjqpKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    m.artasp.e.llo.w.da m.artasp.e.llo.w.da@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    BriannaSodersten opt@web-seo24.ru 195.128.99.137
    angelo-angelo36 angelo-angelo36@kojoya.kizmet.space 172.71.154.168
    thrauozedpa thrauozedpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    bwiykymropn bwiykymropn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70