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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 Sep 2026 7:26 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,176
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    embsrsflqt embsrsflqt@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    zsccooitsOt zsccooitsOt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    Birth lollibirth@gmail.com 49.237.190.223
    embsrsflqt embsrsflqt@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    FlorenceFlynn64 marianakieran@veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    tgscxlnhbOt tgscxlnhbOt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    antoniagouin antoniagouin@anonmails.de 162.158.167.144
    qlqpinddnKi qlqpinddnKi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    TammyMaria12292 issackandi@veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    ccjycirohOt ccjycirohOt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    69ef22f2a03b5495a25cd226e6fc0945 polux.eduardo.sanchez.moreno@gmail.com 2806:20:910:76:951:4114:8:44
    wqdygegzzKi wqdygegzzKi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    caicedodavidnilsondaniel caicedodavidnilsondaniel@gmail.com 190.108.78.147
    info info@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    shcet shcet@web-seo24.ru 172.71.159.82
    kfqkaiacdPr kfqkaiacdPr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    fcaauwiekPr fcaauwiekPr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    qygbbkmkupt qygbbkmkupt@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    leyieorinpa leyieorinpa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    usmstviyde usmstviyde@rambler.ru 98.159.36.20
    zbenjaminmarley zbenjaminmarley@vip.163.com 208.102.51.6
    trangddt trangddt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1005:327:3:8425:7763:58:79 2600:1005:327:3:8425:7763:58:79 120.40.130.70
    jvtskoytbOt jvtskoytbOt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    Createa2026 george.bernard.sweeney@gmail.com 87.114.91.178
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    manuelbrough manuelbrough@515511.xyz 120.40.130.70
    eqqoqqgcnPr eqqoqqgcnPr@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    topupads topupads@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    amit.malhotra amit.malhotra@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    tkachenko-51p1f tkachenko-51p1f@rambler.ru 138.199.21.246
    mnighrapuPr mnighrapuPr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    mae mae@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    xcudhazixpa xcudhazixpa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ncequhaorOt ncequhaorOt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    sldgtgdqsKi sldgtgdqsKi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    nathan.koller nathan.koller@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    stanton-severance94 stanton-severance94@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.81
    jjvznshdhpa jjvznshdhpa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    kkcbmendtpa kkcbmendtpa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    pwltwwvcjMi pwltwwvcjMi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    ReneColls73 wbarrabanv553r95@nestmailbox.com 152.232.159.5
    JannetteMcdade wbarjuris9lyr95@nestmailbox.com 146.190.80.158
    jared jared@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    dakota dakota@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    2405:3800:8:8:4:994:304:581 2405:3800:8:8:4:994:304:581 120.40.130.70
    rkangpbrgpa rkangpbrgpa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    xolrvofcePr xolrvofcePr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    sterlingboshears88 sterlingboshears88@tali.glinxy.com 172.71.159.82
    gillian gillian@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    yxbzmualrSt yxbzmualrSt@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    ChainMike blog@crypto-news.fun 96.47.166.16
    ccfwnhewupa ccfwnhewupa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    goxxefgklSt goxxefgklSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    tkpp tkpp@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    JannaWoollacott rodolfoandres@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    nugciindcOt nugciindcOt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    2601:98:380:510:79:043:94:8267 2601:98:380:510:79:043:94:8267 120.40.130.70
    hbdtxhdftpa hbdtxhdftpa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    phgbxtghzSt phgbxtghzSt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    tienvv tienvv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    20:000:79:4:618:6:18:825 20:000:79:4:618:6:18:825 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70