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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 - 11 Aug 2026 5:58 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,279
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LandonLasley9 anhwebber@anonmails.de 104.28.163.18
    Josephavals l.i.n.ks.8.9m.ast.@gmail.com 35.238.139.153
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 178.20.44.140
    Josephavals l.i.n.ks.8.9m.ast.@gmail.com 104.28.246.128
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LucileMccloud9 davidgonzalez8738a31u@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.9.101
    ReginaldAab reginaldstrehlow70@nor.mxdood.com 181.215.16.116
    ClarenceWood785 sarahmoore982vc9a@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.103.243
    JanBracewell605 josephmiller2391p75m@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.9.121
    JacintoDrennen7 paulthomas7632fo4@b.blog-stuff.com 196.51.9.15
    balinwsk balinwsk@analismail.com 64.31.20.24
    MichalBenner8 christopherlopez9780vos1@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.11.177
    FlorianScarberry sarahjohnson3729ho10@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.12.220
    DanteLemaster50 marksmith1849ilch@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.103.79
    wbssmqyy wbssmqyy@duhastmail.com 162.159.98.242
    PamelaMutch3 richardmartinez9035bdia@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.11.82
    cogggeue cogggeue@blackfirsta.com 172.64.200.67
    GeraldineBurrows danieldavis9438b1xl@b.blog-stuff.com 196.51.11.82
    JeannetteParrott sarahmoore982vc9a@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.9.101
    DeangeloLucero williamhernandez1842utv9@a.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.103.79
    maynardcongeloni-dutton88 maynardcongeloni-dutton88@healthypplevery.org 147.53.118.58
    IvyPrendergast8 sarahthomas5503cxuu@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.103.79
    smsqsewsgd smsqsewsgd@rambler.ru 98.159.36.18
    edrkjnembb edrkjnembb@rambler.ru 98.159.36.18
    MatthiasHust elizabethmartin533971i8@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.10.238
    DaneLyall0 jenniferdavis1778rfir@c.blog-stuff.com 196.51.8.127
    JordanTuttle stevendavis3312909b@b.travel-e-store.com 196.51.10.162
    pekccrvqmy pekccrvqmy@rambler.ru 98.159.36.18
    FreyaEnos49 danielgarcia4124brr1@a.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.12.112
    LorenzoBaldridge markjackson2962jck7@a.blog-stuff.com 196.51.10.37
    l.i.nks89m.a.st. l.i.nks89m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    andrewgonzalez124cbwt andrewgonzalez124cbwt@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 192.186.138.76
    sweetmod23lal reg3.lktops.top@ilovemodels.cc 91.243.180.118
    CharleneVosper5 charleswilson9364c9qa@b.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.10.225
    PartheniaTrammel partheniatrammell72@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    WinstonRey richardhernandez30734g1j@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.103.243
    Shauna3620 markjackson2962jck7@a.blog-stuff.com 196.51.9.226
    braydenfishel-desatg braydenfishel-desatg@healthypplevery.org 72.223.188.67
    AsaRodius561 williammartin4992b154@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.8.24
    2001:8:711:79:00:1:2:71 2001:8:711:79:00:1:2:71 120.40.130.70
    test test 64.112.56.115
    test test 64.112.56.120
    AliceMcComas9 alicemccomas64@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    l.ink.s89.m.as.t l.ink.s89.m.as.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    Emilie86Y47 richardmiller1738q9mb@c.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.12.151
    LilianBodin6 lilianbodin37@mode.ehomu.com 181.215.16.238
    Geert geertleffers@gmail.com 185.107.69.214
    garohpfr garohpfr@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.3.126
    ALICIA alicia@massola.com 80.91.77.107
    GlorySeaver williammartin4992b154@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.9.15
    SharonCorin2204 charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.11.251
    curtiswhitehead0218+Ce curtiswhitehead0218+Ce@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    2910540205 2910540205@qq.com 216.195.192.156
    GiaW642249617960 charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.12.112
    houstonlinker7891 houstonlinker7891@anonmails.de 181.215.94.1
    colette-lefevre8398 colette-lefevre8398@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.199
    mee meesamali58600@gmail.com 119.155.241.80
    Hanaa hanasndi52@gmail.com 185.244.154.175
    AntoineTearle46 antoinetearle1@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.159
    WallyBeeson5 barbaraanderson158p59h@b.travel-e-store.com 196.51.10.225
    2003:6:770:1600:73::94:041 2003:6:770:1600:73::94:041 120.40.130.70
    2607:90:320:35:5:4:71:791 2607:90:320:35:5:4:71:791 120.40.130.70
    RobbyHaskell donaldhernandez1929wsnj@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.8.181
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    JanellBury74811 josephmartin77733ikb@b.resorts-in-asia.com 23.229.116.146
    HollisW95292281 leonreva@solstris.com 177.234.143.137
    CharlesDaly55 charlesdaly76@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.152
    dessieflagg dessieflagg@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    patriciawilson9451n84k patriciawilson9451n84k@b.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.11.82
    AlbertaKlem8 charlesjackson1006ohib@e.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.103.79
    BennyUrbina753 donaldhernandez1929wsnj@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.103.46
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TYYFreddy95533 davidgonzalez8738a31u@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.10.225
    WilmaSoileau457 danielhernandez14521iht@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.9.226
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AOWLara146 richardhernandez30734g1j@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.11.177
    Marlon8155 sarahthomas5503cxuu@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.8.181