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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 - 29 Nov 2025 2:00 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,038
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2804:6344:60:700:3:055:178:4281 2804:6344:60:700:3:055:178:4281 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:84:3:8581:57:96:59 2607:91:84:3:8581:57:96:59 120.40.130.70
    AnnaCollings annacollings26@vory.foodforhat.com 107.175.151.119
    edmunds edmunds@j.cosmicbridge.site 192.227.150.166
    WileyScarborough wileyscarborough51@gti.scoldly.com 196.51.92.53
    2804:818:1206:6500:5:81:6:5185 2804:818:1206:6500:5:81:6:5185 120.40.130.70
    BridgetHertzog matthewwilliams4045prby@gsasearchengineranker.com 66.212.19.184
    wilheminagilchrist wilheminagilchrist@mem.relieval.com 196.51.117.119
    2607:91:84:3:8581:57:96:59 2607:91:84:3:8581:57:96:59 120.40.130.70
    comercial comercial@toppen.com.br 120.40.130.70
    klaratowns7038 klaratowns7038@anonmails.de 172.71.159.138
    202:46:261:0:8:8793:813:34 202:46:261:0:8:8793:813:34 120.40.130.70
    ChristinHowland ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 103.204.110.136
    bu.c.ha.naon.matt. bu.c.ha.naon.matt.@gmail.com 185.223.152.92
    2409:815:2813:3010:1:: 2409:815:2813:3010:1:: 120.40.130.70
    MartyGreene martyrecruiter@pm.me 32.216.227.224
    2409:854:1841:202:37:: 2409:854:1841:202:37:: 120.40.130.70
    fernandoduell fernandoduell@koes.justdied.com 162.158.166.211
    bobbieembley bobbieembley@koes.justdied.com 172.69.23.148
    j285.6.9.98. j285.6.9.98.@gmail.com 185.223.152.115
    StanleyCremean stanley.stanley@lehaba.wisecook.xyz 178.20.215.59
    2408:874:3001:303:33:: 2408:874:3001:303:33:: 120.40.130.70
    2409:8754:8310:400::102 2409:8754:8310:400::102 120.40.130.70
    info info@speed-seo.net 120.40.130.70
    leopoldosettle-6592 leopoldosettle-6592@69v9.com 45.56.135.166
    EvelynWoodward evelynwoodward55@thus.ehomu.com 103.204.110.136
    2409:815:2813:3010:45:: 2409:815:2813:3010:45:: 120.40.130.70
    e.r.i.fit.e.p.0.9 e.r.i.fit.e.p.0.9@gmail.com 162.158.166.210
    2601:19:4003:80:385:95:7377:757 2601:19:4003:80:385:95:7377:757 120.40.130.70
    2804:14:47:80:18:3532:863:6839 2804:14:47:80:18:3532:863:6839 120.40.130.70
    zeila zeila@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    ouvidoriacadastropositivo ouvidoriacadastropositivo@spcbrasil.org.br 120.40.130.70
    2408:8719:4000:10:40:: 2408:8719:4000:10:40:: 120.40.130.70
    ShariBannan4 sharibannan59@vhw.scoldly.com 192.111.129.145
    MinervaFarris48 minervaminerva@figuna.wish.rest 194.99.24.131
    18.dk.18.7 18.dk.18.7@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2409:834:2220:309:27:: 2409:834:2220:309:27:: 120.40.130.70
    AngleaLaidley anglealaidley@vory.estaxy.com 23.236.211.46
    compliance.certificacao compliance.certificacao@spcbrasil.org.br 120.40.130.70
    Stanmorebpe ndeirmenjian@yahoo.com 192.252.220.92
    rhonda-muniz976 rhonda-muniz976@greatemails.online 104.140.190.131
    NigelCornish nigelnigel@wixina.redmail.click 170.168.172.64
    danieljohnson73597dgs danieljohnson73597dgs@f.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.124.179
    TyreeDods367 tyreedods26@def.vocalmajoritynow.com 23.236.236.168
    natishawingfield natishawingfield@freundin.ru 104.22.20.4
    edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado@sigaantenado.com.br 120.40.130.70
    rorysnodgrass rorysnodgrass@anonmails.de 104.22.20.4
    204:780:1023:900:887:728:489:65 204:780:1023:900:887:728:489:65 120.40.130.70
    alexandraermolaeva2020 alexandraermolaeva2020@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2804:70:980:46:491:1721:529:0 2804:70:980:46:491:1721:529:0 120.40.130.70
    marieroby marieroby@anonmails.de 178.175.134.124
    240:967:200:00:0:1:0:11 240:967:200:00:0:1:0:11 120.40.130.70
    MitchTebbutt mitchtebbutt62@rakiy.m8sbeingm8s.com 23.236.211.27
    2408:8719:4000:10:39:: 2408:8719:4000:10:39:: 120.40.130.70
    IraDavidson7 insertyouremails@gmail.com 107.175.151.90
    DarrelBlunt3 darrelblunt37@bbd4.eoza.xyz 45.33.156.57
    LeonieSchultheis leonieschultheiss@delka.yoshisad.com 107.175.3.154
    YHBAlicia0637 aliciarevell66@hol.housines.com 23.236.211.27
    leon-schnell leon-schnell@getanswer.hotelpost.click 104.22.20.5
    2408:8719:7400:31:36:: 2408:8719:7400:31:36:: 120.40.130.70
    otvxpcej otvxpcej@tubermail.com 120.40.130.70
    arlon8 arlon8@ligmamail.com 155.2.194.49
    Phoebe94V897290 phoebegreenhalgh89@gti.scoldly.com 23.236.211.119
    andrewhernandez34783aaa andrewhernandez34783aaa@travel-e-store.com 198.23.176.144
    esa.su.r.ipur.18 esa.su.r.ipur.18@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    zackrussell2003 zackrussell2003@mailmenot.io 69.166.235.231
    CliffGolden4518 shantaedusty@solstris.com 181.215.16.123
    Moon lokchawa.mohan@yahoo.com 2604:90:14:8:92:4:2:632
    2001:1670:12:120:9:72:671:4166 2001:1670:12:120:9:72:671:4166 120.40.130.70
    IsaacKershner66 isaackershner61@thus.ehomu.com 103.204.108.175
    varlamovaleksandr33rus varlamovaleksandr33rus@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    206:701:959:400:300:89:662:54 206:701:959:400:300:89:662:54 120.40.130.70
    Dario01773 darionoggle@art.fanficforum.com 107.175.3.154
    nikolakostyukov nikolakostyukov@yandex.ru 172.71.159.138
    Chad02Z780440122 chadroger@tutu.estabbi.com 23.236.211.46
    2001:0:4726:933:440:7690:37:98 2001:0:4726:933:440:7690:37:98 120.40.130.70
    byronwatts byronwatts@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.127
    2001:0:5385:42:32:258:79:930 2001:0:5385:42:32:258:79:930 120.40.130.70
    DwightY072449 coybuford6810@anonmails.de 178.175.134.124