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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 - 20 May 2026 4:10 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,145
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    saludcomunidad saludcomunidad@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    RichelleVennard richellevennard3@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.205
    betcuevas betcuevas@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    202:1808::726:144:598:2970:0 202:1808::726:144:598:2970:0 120.40.130.70
    Quyen95C215 quyenlandrum68@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.34
    felicitasbritt2317 felicitasbritt2317@sansan160.ccrokc.click 162.158.167.134
    joyredrick92 joyredrick92@only.veauly.com 172.71.154.179
    jamesrodriguez13741ak jamesrodriguez13741ak@c.pattaya-mega.com 152.232.53.53
    danilo.mansour39 danilo.mansour39@9885.scalesurge.io 131.196.55.234
    FlossieStonge7 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 154.16.69.58
    andreabrett andreabrett@poketani.nl 162.158.167.134
    ShantaeS36 shantaedurden87@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.92.183
    a.lan.85.ra.s.hm.or. a.lan.85.ra.s.hm.or.@gmail.com 151.240.109.69
    QuentinRustin jessmyles@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    Catherine93I catherinecrow9@these.veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    AlfieOldfield6 alfieoldfield21@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.218
    roxieleibowitz23 roxieleibowitz23@433e.rshrthertherth.net 172.69.23.194
    garryscullin garryscullin@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.134.84
    ArielleDuran3 arielleduran49@seat.muzaco.com 196.198.13.159
    Virgilves sam@yahoo.com 31.6.17.12
    RubenSteigrad rubensteigrad25@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.55.20
    WayneCleburne5 sarahanderson5372u3pf@gsasearchengineranker.shop 107.175.36.189
    202:3100:53:1300:57:2267:19:548 202:3100:53:1300:57:2267:19:548 120.40.130.70
    p.awu.b.a.l.e892. p.awu.b.a.l.e892.@gmail.com 95.216.68.244
    lucianabobb lucianabobb@bheps.com 172.69.134.84
    jpaez jpaez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    202:8109:89:500:42:9802:3:8581 202:8109:89:500:42:9802:3:8581 120.40.130.70
    MistressAnime Lorie2019@gmail.com 212.102.41.3
    clydedanks81 clydedanks81@crazy.pettin.com 104.22.17.126
    SonWty57425482 sontitheradge81@only.veauly.com 103.221.232.11
    Rubn rubenyelmomontes@gmail.com 188.26.214.11
    clivajes clivajes@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    thomassmith6616youq thomassmith6616youq@verifiedlinklist.com 64.188.3.77
    MichaelKim1 michaelkim49@three.vietnambrandmatters.com 192.126.177.200
    dca dca@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    lori-broadbent lori-broadbent@eplayfortuna-spinrush.com 172.71.154.179
    DarrellWahl anthonymartinez643248gj@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 92.118.42.192
    WilheminaKintore wilhemina-kintore@8e4c.scalesurge.io 38.57.255.145
    jenmarquez jenmarquez@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    Lorena05P5108571 lorenawyselaskie30@nor.mxdood.com 103.221.232.201
    geniaurner465 geniaurner465@ggvendas.store 95.177.87.10
    hunterblakey7222 hunterblakey7222@tacoblastmail.com 172.71.154.178
    bertinfernandagonzalez bertinfernandagonzalez@gmail.com 2001:8004:660:24:3135:210:9071:6
    t.82.7.2.677. t.82.7.2.677.@gmail.com 216.24.212.27
    aliproffitt aliproffitt@e1f8.bestsmmservice.online 104.22.20.143
    info info@36zaborov.ru 120.40.130.70
    ThaddeusLindell anthonymiller1566nsel@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 192.126.206.120
    GrazynaWashingto grazynawashington100@nor.mxdood.com 45.125.245.187
    khairul-nizamkamaruddin khairul-nizamkamaruddin@astro.com.my 120.40.130.70
    brandielangwell brandielangwell@eldeninfo.xyz 162.158.167.134
    MatildaLair0 junkodwayne@solstris.com 45.125.245.208
    HilarioBatt879 finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.55.131
    lawrenceswint-9576 lawrenceswint-9576@er777.net 104.22.20.143
    eusebia-lininger eusebia-lininger@onepureedge.com 172.69.23.193
    khairulnizam-kamaruddin khairulnizam-kamaruddin@astro.com.my 120.40.130.70
    VYQDoris079 dorisparrish57@.mxdood.com 45.125.245.178
    202:1810:68:500:461:505:656:2852 202:1810:68:500:461:505:656:2852 120.40.130.70
    ChristenaWintle turnerfisher3483.82christena.wintle@gmail.com 109.200.111.164
    tammywhitton tammywhitton@adult-work.info 172.71.158.69
    oqvujtov oqvujtov@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ShawneePeralta shawneeperalta1575@myemailhostonline.shop 23.95.97.96
    KiraHenry01 soctavia838s@web.de 82.193.99.59
    202:1810:581:700:32:33:4:075 202:1810:581:700:32:33:4:075 120.40.130.70
    anthonysmith9345j5b7 anthonysmith9345j5b7@d.blog-stuff.com 194.26.178.35
    BusterCollie51 bustercollie74@fiber.pettin.com 103.221.232.103
    202:8108:8125:100:603:8:13:2 202:8108:8125:100:603:8:13:2 120.40.130.70
    alexey-sidorov alexey-sidorov@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    a.l.a.n85r.a.s.hmo.r. a.l.a.n85r.a.s.hmo.r.@gmail.com 151.240.109.211
    wewd vson800000@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    baohaiyan baohaiyan@360.cn 120.40.130.70
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