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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 - 7 Feb 2026 5:14 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,279
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bebebebe bebebebe@muleha.paper.beer 104.22.17.126
    joanhudak40 joanhudak40@keep.cdfaq.com 104.22.17.126
    martinlawlor59 martinlawlor59@wild.ehomu.com 162.158.167.97
    geoffrey-gutteridge88 geoffrey-gutteridge88@4048.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.178
    finingmbh finingmbh@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    9-avs-air-designee-feedback 9-avs-air-designee-feedback@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    9-avs-air-der-dms-feedback 9-avs-air-der-dms-feedback@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    jjrlxswy jjrlxswy@wildbmail.com 172.69.134.210
    first.name.ctr.last.name first.name.ctr.last.name@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    2056154369 2056154369@tmomail.net 170.247.222.186
    lindabush lindabush@spambog.com 172.69.134.211
    mayranairn4414 mayranairn4414@hidebox.org 172.71.158.68
    spencerjackson2046 spencerjackson2046@anonmails.de 172.69.134.210
    wilmerchaplin30 wilmerchaplin30@eagle.vexint.com 172.69.134.211
    GingerRandle1 ginger.randle838@vmo.zentro.llc 184.174.56.66
    7868200304 7868200304@tmomail.net 170.247.223.169
    JackieArellano jackiearellano28@mode.ehomu.com 191.96.252.240
    StefanWalters28 stefanwalters47@list.cdfaq.com 196.242.195.151
    gas1 gas1@webtoteam.shop 193.37.133.118
    sal.belcher57 sal.belcher57@healthypplevery.org 66.84.93.141
    ocnqrieddsi ocnqrieddsi@autopages.site 142.171.131.38
    jonirittenhouse15 jonirittenhouse15@healthypplevery.org 67.218.5.216
    EdmundoWestbury edmundo.westbury@hypezone.top 72.56.155.196
    HopeStenhouse hopestenhouse44@3c38.wefixsofteners.com 66.93.208.150
    TrinidadFarrell trinidadfarrell88@last.muzaco.com 196.242.178.139
    networkservicesteamdata networkservicesteamdata@avient.com 120.40.130.70
    alexismoorhouse49 alexismoorhouse49@kynora.ivolix.org 23.81.59.224
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    PartheniaFontain rpop-test65@itatac.tk 185.89.43.36
    HermelindaClabor hermelindaclaborn@hypezone.top 72.56.152.23
    1 1@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    penneyfine.2559 penneyfine.2559@temz.net 43.134.75.206
    ncrprhdj ncrprhdj@eblanomail.com 185.255.126.64
    GildaFrodsham18 rpop-test65@itatac.tk 185.81.144.209
    fionareda60 fionareda60@6b66.rshrthertherth.net 104.22.17.239
    AurelioScoggins aurelio.scoggins-5236@vovanslots-lucky.top 72.56.155.191
    Tory57X157641019 torysandoval80@issue.mxdood.com 196.51.233.9
    AbeMurillo663 rpop-test65@itatac.tk 170.168.242.80
    Jennifer6789 jennifer.montoya-1183@me-and-u.org.uk 196.247.160.124
    KarenBiermann2 karen.biermann@hypezone.top 72.56.154.146
    mitchell mitchell@seo-neo.net 172.69.23.194
    ArleenTomaszewsk tilda@starshield.online 196.51.27.181
    FatimaEarly776 rpop-test65@itatac.tk 122.8.95.140
    HeidiGepp7273147 heidigepp2493@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 196.247.160.124
    ImogeneNicholson imogenenicholson48@seat.muzaco.com 191.101.92.145
    UnaService163 unaservice66@self.ehomu.com 191.101.92.39
    16128011+mayhaps-perchance 16128011+mayhaps-perchance@users.noreply.github.co 2600:1700:370:610:58:9796:489:270
    LisaBrunette4 lisa.brunette@vovanslots-lucky.top 72.56.146.22
    sibylmeacham sibylmeacham@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.98
    BlairGreenlee0 barbarawilson8142tov6@verifiedlinklist.com 104.129.39.36
    WindyTompson tamiaubrey@solstris.com 102.165.55.118
    ClaytonMartinez claytonmartinez58@issue.mxdood.com 196.51.233.159
    edwin-abercrombie4915 edwin-abercrombie4915@play-fortuna-tyo.top 72.56.189.216
    RenaSaragosa248 renasaragosa@me-and-u.org.uk 194.102.38.232
    JoleenJack282 joleen.jack@vovanslots-lucky.top 72.56.147.99
    paulthomas1072yzrh paulthomas1072yzrh@welcometotijuana.com 172.71.158.68
    9-avs-ccb-correspondence 9-avs-ccb-correspondence@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    natl-arp-accessibility natl-arp-accessibility@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    Annie99T54579851 judi@solarspark.site 196.51.25.172
    HenryH032831885 henryreinoso28@among.ehomu.com 196.240.254.38
    9-avs-wcb-correspondence 9-avs-wcb-correspondence@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    suchiruti1970 suchiruti1970@mailopenz.com 172.71.158.68
    VanceKobayashi vancekobayashi61@feed.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.43
    eugenekenned eugenekenned@leantechy.xyz 154.30.213.78
    ColeBenner97513 cole-benner.8542@hype-mission.buzz 72.56.159.60
    9-ama-ace-credly-program 9-ama-ace-credly-program@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    leathaprada3855 leathaprada3855@koes.justdied.com 217.218.152.170
    airmanknowledgetesting airmanknowledgetesting@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    LilliePereira9 lilliepereira2@feed.cdfaq.com 191.96.95.242
    sdrbsogv sdrbsogv@polosmail.com 172.71.158.69
    trenabird trenabird@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.22.20.178
    anitamatias anitamatias@boxinbox.my 151.245.177.66
    9-ajw-logctr-customer-care 9-ajw-logctr-customer-care@faa.gov 120.40.130.70
    AlexandriaCrowe alexandriacrowe94@issue.mxdood.com 196.51.233.239
    DianKaczmarek dian-kaczmarek@cryptoboss-wildcard.top 72.56.147.169
    tristanfl tristanfl@example.com 120.40.130.70
    OrlandoVera71 orlandovera12@river.muzaco.com 192.3.143.241
    OrvalJefferies9 orvaljefferies-6464@hype-mission.buzz 72.56.152.69
    JacobKula0 barbarawilson8142tov6@verifiedlinklist.com 23.226.137.8