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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 - 21 Feb 2026 3:37 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,017
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    RoxanaMcNish6 juliennedakota@solstris.com 23.95.204.19
    nicolejackson2007 nicolejackson2007@salpingomyu.ru 162.158.167.134
    judy-fisk9 judy-fisk9@81d9.scalesurge.io 172.241.119.156
    BrendaUmm34636 brenda.newsome5453@ramenbetofficial777.top 72.56.190.103
    202:8108:8125:100:970:31:8331:27 202:8108:8125:100:970:31:8331:27 120.40.130.70
    stuartmeadows42 stuartmeadows42@fenava.lyvix.org 23.81.49.197
    clarkdeboos2098 clarkdeboos2098@anonmails.de 45.147.193.29
    AnnmarieBenning annmariebenning5@702a.rshrthertherth.net 158.62.210.189
    testb testb@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ardisconger40 ardisconger40@zylmar.lyvix.org 23.110.173.48
    elveracamp62 elveracamp62@support.51tiemo.com 104.22.20.235
    email_registration_zELtudwnHR veronicalledo@hotmail.com 199.250.201.100
    ddreamteamentertainment ddreamteamentertainment@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    margarettepark100 margarettepark100@xomari.hivoltz.org 23.81.50.11
    cripto1 cripto1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pgjdbc-testing pgjdbc-testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    WinnieHigbee dessiecarla@solstris.com 23.95.81.225
    marlonjason marlonjason@dasemana.com 172.71.154.179
    matthewgonzalez3549o91j matthewgonzalez3549o91j@welcometotijuana.com 45.155.42.169
    neal.kozlowski44 neal.kozlowski44@contact.carenmiosga.click 172.69.135.151
    sibyllearmonth sibyllearmonth@alikando.su 173.44.216.121
    testuser12345 testuser12345@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cidead2 cidead2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DaneBrunner07 danebrunner46@support.51tiemo.com 154.199.69.32
    user2a user2a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mitchel.brophy mitchel.brophy@ce39.scalesurge.io 162.158.167.133
    myname myname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ccai-java-sdk ccai-java-sdk@example.com 120.40.130.70
    UsuSadwin1 UsuSadwin1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    usera usera@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Aliceuser2 Aliceuser2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    poisond poisond@anonmails.de 162.158.167.133
    pepa pepa@example.com 120.40.130.70
    boyd.prouty50 boyd.prouty50@087b.scalesurge.io 172.241.119.17
    DaneBrunner07 danebrunner46@support.51tiemo.com 154.86.113.62
    User2 User2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LJHStella3268079 jamesjackson7703na6@verifiedlinklist.com 152.89.128.240
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    UsuSad1 UsuSad1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    justinabrien7 justinabrien7@venrai.ivolix.org 23.81.59.186
    2001:67:60:0:192:42:116:184 2001:67:60:0:192:42:116:184 120.40.130.70
    test-subkeys test-subkeys@example.com 120.40.130.70
    arvinu arvinu@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jurnal.si jurnal.si@uinjkt.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    Richelle1311 richelle.martz@support.51tiemo.com 156.242.51.168
    RafaelAultman2 rafael-aultman75@51tiemo.com 156.239.157.138
    mingbobo mingbobo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gvgocplu gvgocplu@wildbmail.com 185.255.126.168
    kenza kenza@example.com 120.40.130.70
    noeliacarpenter527 noeliacarpenter527@6341.emergencylocksmith.xyz 185.212.115.95
    RalfMcGavin ralf-mcgavin66@51tiemo.com 156.249.127.95
    AdellHuang84522 adell.adell@kihexi.camels.online 65.111.10.60
    ana ana@example.com 120.40.130.70
    williamyamamoto8716 williamyamamoto8716@seoautomationpro.com 172.69.23.194
    RuebenNapoli elizabethmoore6994xmru@budgetthailandtravel.com 206.214.82.33
    RafaelAultman2 rafael-aultman75@51tiemo.com 156.239.157.37
    ubuntu ubuntu@example.com 120.40.130.70
    noeliacarpenter527 noeliacarpenter527@6341.emergencylocksmith.xyz 91.132.125.201
    LeandroFiorini5 jeffrykoss42@tempr.email 23.94.15.175
    noeliacarpenter527 noeliacarpenter527@6341.emergencylocksmith.xyz 88.218.45.188
    nic nic@debarras-marseille-13.fr 172.69.135.151
    Jina08105144262 jina-henke@support.51tiemo.com 156.249.127.47
    Jina08105144262 jina-henke@support.51tiemo.com 156.239.156.212
    JennaRaven1714 jenna.raven49@51tiemo.com 154.193.152.236
    noeliacarpenter527 noeliacarpenter527@6341.emergencylocksmith.xyz 94.154.113.160
    zakfqscy zakfqscy@wildbmail.com 185.255.126.31
    mmmrdpgp mmmrdpgp@streetwormail.com 185.255.126.30
    noeliacarpenter527 noeliacarpenter527@6341.emergencylocksmith.xyz 170.168.172.216
    faehiggs53 faehiggs53@seat.muzaco.com 172.69.135.151
    GertieAnnunziata gertie-annunziata@support.51tiemo.com 154.222.132.251
    JennaRaven1714 jenna.raven49@51tiemo.com 154.193.159.142
    HiramA48814170 francisdawbin@anonmails.de 84.54.53.236
    LucienneForth charlesjohnson8260xg74@b.welcometotijuana.com 192.126.208.79
    noeliacarpenter527 noeliacarpenter527@6341.emergencylocksmith.xyz 31.40.195.195