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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 - 8 Aug 2026 12:16 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,475
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    hello hello@getrevamphq.com 175.176.38.145
    haoyu0405 haoyu0405@2925.com 115.223.137.213
    Barbara46U jessicawilson8137ro0v@c.mustdoindubai.com 192.241.84.81
    any.tittles-1n any.tittles-1n@icloud.com 2600:1700:538:4000:8497:140:624:4314
    guzzibrad guzzibrad@yahoo.com 108.242.90.81
    guzzibrad guzzibrad@yahoo.com 2600:1700:210:30:0:74:7:44
    guzzibrad guzzibrad@yahoo.com 75.76.19.221
    apogeelov apogeelov@gmail.com 209:3:650:6::170:
    apogeelov apogeelov@gmail.com 99.89.239.236
    apogeelov apogeelov@gmail.com 172.9.221.38
    derdan49 derdan49@gmail.com 96.244.137.41
    richardgwozdowski richardgwozdowski@gmail.com 52.124.68.249
    phatelvis phatelvis@hotmail.com 198.72.24.110
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:5:647:34:44
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:547:263:4:2315
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:602:809:20:921
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:918:46:385:57
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:397:18:37:20
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:70:25:678:8
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:417:546:585:082
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:10:3088:0:49
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:4805::364:194
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:1437:23:2421:309
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:54:213:34:471
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:09:6:16:3520
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:9:9:267:79
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:49:93:363:1
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:91:64:339:411
    ovlov122 ovlov122@telus.net 2001:569:84:00:98:1801:70:946
    2620:121:5042:52:6192:: 2620:121:5042:52:6192:: 120.40.130.70
    OdetteThurgood odettethurgood34@list.cdfaq.com 23.81.230.194
    winifred-verga winifred-verga@healthypplevery.org 120.40.130.70
    zajamsjnro zajamsjnro@vip.163.com 202.28.194.139
    ajamecahvso ajamecahvso@163.com 181.39.25.196
    MarquisLonsdale marquislonsdale-1140@mailtech.ro 217.138.221.130
    lph lph@uinsaizu.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    zohnjunioroz zohnjunioroz@vip.163.com 202.28.194.139
    StevieLeGrand24 jeannajanssen2620@anonmails.de 92.119.41.178
    FinnMelocco7744 valeriathigpen5111@anonmails.de 5.252.31.105
    AntonioY32 antoniobroun15@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.21
    MildredPenman mildredpenman63@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    CaryMcBride4 carymcbride73@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.114.21
    higbiosepo1986 higbiosepo1986@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test2 test2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Foster70E7396 fosterlionel96@river.muzaco.com 181.215.16.219
    202:1808:1:68:509:486:96:342 202:1808:1:68:509:486:96:342 120.40.130.70
    EvelyneHuddart mirtabojorquez@anonmails.de 45.15.73.103
    l.i.n.ks.89.ma.s.t. l.i.n.ks.89.ma.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    202:1808:12:4374:139:45:7:2 202:1808:12:4374:139:45:7:2 120.40.130.70
    202:020:543:35:663:2451:584:41 202:020:543:35:663:2451:584:41 120.40.130.70
    margheritaplayfair119 margheritaplayfair119@f2pools.info 146.70.175.14
    206:5900:40:700:180:670:04:55 206:5900:40:700:180:670:04:55 120.40.130.70
    supani supani@uinsaizu.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    LouiseWoodson7 louisewoodson@erpin.org 183.197.56.80
    supani supani@uinsaizu.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    Katrice79I maryanderson4132x9ko@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 177.234.139.5
    olegpokuko olegpokuko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    20:8143:2479:3:5:4:24:73 20:8143:2479:3:5:4:24:73 120.40.130.70
    2800:2:67:64:77:90:620:61 2800:2:67:64:77:90:620:61 120.40.130.70
    logandrk logandrk@163.com 172.171.83.26
    syariah syariah@uinsaizu.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    leandrasandes3981 leandrasandes3981@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    MarciaSimpson20 lkalyasdfdsfxcvmaga@sorok4.fun 196.245.186.175
    DortheaAble6896 caitlinpidgeon@pecinan.net 45.74.3.199
    zalexittleo zalexittleo@163.com 34.134.231.117
    lin.k.s.8.9.m.a.s.t. lin.k.s.8.9.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    kaceyemerson469 kaceyemerson469@asia.dnsabr.com 5.157.17.48