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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 - 22 Jan 2026 8:43 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,562
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    GuadalupePouncy darda@starshield.online 23.236.253.120
    mackenziewinchester8079 mackenziewinchester8079@mailmenot.io 172.71.158.173
    HildredCheatham wjonneapfr76@nestmailbox.com 67.215.252.56
    opensource opensource@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:384:50:14:997:237:1622 202:8071:384:50:14:997:237:1622 120.40.130.70
    BarrySerie d.dianaborges@gmail.com 31.173.84.119
    abackupbeat abackupbeatmyd@centraltermites.site 41.77.117.2
    FOKIsrael097740 wnyxdimensionsuor76@nestmailbox.com 64.188.5.167
    Manuelnep jtesell@logisticollc.com 31.173.87.164
    CalebA23415152 info@vente-businessweb-ia.fr 90.126.227.5
    VioletteFergerso dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 191.96.95.38
    micah micah@a.wineonline.one 172.69.23.138
    Robinrex davjenn@bellsouth.net 37.139.53.230
    KristyDuhig1355 wordinadormbr76@nestmailbox.com 216.158.192.150
    Vincenthep zahlee.freiha@gmail.com 178.176.78.150
    cathleenreiniger cathleenreiniger@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.158.173
    202:1210:862:4900:::549:933 202:1210:862:4900:::549:933 120.40.130.70
    MarleneConingham info@vente-businessweb-ia.fr 90.126.227.5
    MichellDonohoe6 patriciawilliams6253xdk8@f.seoautomationpro.com 103.189.203.105
    Alfredoadome alexg512@tampabay.rr.com 31.173.83.65
    utachow utachow@allsparkrising.com 23.108.50.138
    madelainerico3873 madelainerico3873@23.8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.143
    TressaGillespie info@vente-businessweb-ia.fr 90.126.227.5
    RachelleRodarte sth7@blogwebsite.top 111.92.184.65
    ClementJek danarose77@yahoo.com 37.139.53.230
    tiffiny-cambage88 tiffiny-cambage88@onepureedge.com 107.172.53.79
    ElveraShaffer7 paulanderson495hpy@c.welcometotijuana.com 209.127.61.44
    WilliamFlamy maximilianmiersch19@gmail.com 31.173.84.243
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jerold.gloucester jerold.gloucester@onepureedge.com 107.172.170.173
    fanniewedding fanniewedding@onepureedge.com 107.172.53.79
    romain.couderc romain.couderc@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    glenna.meeson glenna.meeson@allsparkrising.com 23.81.229.234
    omarhernandez74814rd8t omarhernandez74814rd8t@seoautomationpro.com 178.132.111.124
    KiraMcGarvie jamesanderson7294k6u9@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 151.245.162.38
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    baldcattm baldcattm@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    DavidVER bschuh@lamac.net 31.173.82.7
    Josephdof bschuh@lamac.net 31.173.87.223
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    RichardChodo DavidBretey@gmail.com 31.173.87.14
    202:1810:9505:5000:707::88:44 202:1810:9505:5000:707::88:44 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    richardmartinez6322drw9 richardmartinez6322drw9@budgetthailandtravel.com 167.160.182.95
    dlhqghoquEl dlhqghoquEl@1win-aviator-casino.store 194.35.113.15
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    IvyBaker85 ivy-ivy93@gumusu.water.tattoo 104.207.38.168
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CharlesAnony DavidBretey@gmail.com 31.173.84.198
    mmph36 mmph36@blogwebsite.top 111.92.184.161
    Jamesunaft olbrzymekfilip35@gmail.com 31.173.85.96
    Efrainalema adamrcook2@gmail.com 31.173.85.96
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:469:14:0:887:38:15:733 202:469:14:0:887:38:15:733 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Raymondwroxy anesthesiaheroes@gmail.com 31.173.81.178
    PhilipProni ceceiliapetrarcakinchen@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    Patrickral dolan89@yahoo.com 31.173.84.246
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GregorySeefs nicolaspietrzak311@95db.waterqualitytruth.org 165.140.119.147
    RobertBrica dlj527@gmail.com 31.173.86.48
    DavidNaf dlj527@gmail.com 178.176.75.118
    DonaldSom olbrzymekfilip35@gmail.com 31.173.85.96
    2601:61:400:20:281:85:7573:1630 2601:61:400:20:281:85:7573:1630 120.40.130.70
    CharityK39 charitytedbury@care.billieholidayhubs.click 152.44.107.241
    luciacostas85 luciacostas85@heartvistanow.com 107.173.92.25