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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 - 23 May 2026 3:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,759
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Gilda205210 cu.luitnq9266@jaebd.com 178.20.44.219
    darknetinven uqebcjomlj@rambler.ru 195.200.18.14
    ahmad ahmad@awsome-gadgets.com 38.65.94.102
    CarolSerrato01 carolserrato80@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.67
    VallieODonovan vallieodonovan98@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.21
    20:5686:8674:971:9:4:83:226 20:5686:8674:971:9:4:83:226 120.40.130.70
    george95r iv.mxpzhy5323@jaebd.com 46.151.24.148
    qphdcjbc qphdcjbc@fuhrenmail.com 78.111.155.255
    204:441:200:980::47:980 204:441:200:980::47:980 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 120.40.130.70
    marilynlarson2006 marilynlarson2006@oonmail.com 162.158.167.133
    JeremyToler3 jeremytoler52@broad.ehomu.com 102.165.53.235
    alex alex@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jarrodpinkham jarrodpinkham@kt-gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    kalysarfsdfgsmaga kalysarfsdfgsmaga@sorok4.fun 104.22.20.142
    ArielleReasoner ariellereasoner67@deny.milkgg.com 196.196.254.21
    ThomasWalker thomas.walker@jmailservice.com 91.242.125.75
    rsteele33 rsteele33@cfl.rr.com 152.130.1.16
    rsteele33 rsteele33@cfl.rr.com 2603:9001:3500:339:2:11:85:0
    rsteele33 rsteele33@cfl.rr.com 2603:9001:3500:339:210:27:92:6667
    wfratyay wfratyay@legenmail.com 172.71.154.178
    rsteele33 rsteele33@cfl.rr.com 2603:9001:3500:339:698:426:800:582
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    VitoHmx17767606 vitofinnis43@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.164
    christalle christalle@j.cosmicbridge.site 152.232.162.227
    lisser.m.a.n.s.pe.ss.ard.k71.05.4 lisser.m.a.n.s.pe.ss.ard.k71.05.4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    HQJVito504 vitocousens64@slow.pettin.com 102.165.54.52
    delorasdeloras delorasdeloras@jipata.shinemail.cc 172.69.134.85
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FlorenciaFrencha allrank54@blogwebsite.top 206.232.0.109
    ovxyaqav ovxyaqav@duhastmail.com 64.31.3.126
    paradise11 rofiyatoyewole7@gmail.com 191.101.157.97
    deeboi18188 danieldevlin48@gmail.com 89.238.135.46
    klaudiachadwick klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 104.22.20.142
    BradlyNorthern bradlynorthern16@.mxdood.com 102.165.53.235
    carmel-mathew67 carmel-mathew67@onepureedge.com 172.71.154.178
    ninavochujo ninavochujo@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    Verla0488057 verlashuster57@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    Kjones Alaysiaarmani@gmail.com 24.151.164.3
    rosemaryeisenhauer rosemaryeisenhauer@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 162.158.167.134
    anna.95k.o.r.ch.ak. anna.95k.o.r.ch.ak.@gmail.com 151.240.105.25
    annettcamarena annettcamarena@now.mefound.com 172.69.134.85
    HoraceOGrady500 horace.horace31@cayaxi.pretoria.pro 104.245.242.35
    vernaverna39 vernaverna39@nezojo.uknews.help 172.69.23.194
    LottieMacMahon2 lottie-lottie@hinomi.hopemail.click 45.147.235.119
    GudrunRandell9 gudrun.gudrun@bekate.icew.store 45.133.113.120
    AnaFriend62044 ana-ana@ritumo.noman.cc 83.97.119.153
    HerbertClimpson herbert.herbert70@herova.kizmet.space 185.94.33.123
    AndySmyth0701 andy.andy@jimova.durovmail.cv 45.147.8.25
    202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 120.40.130.70
    TammyStamps0 tammystamps35@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.183
    s-elfe22 s-elfe22@t-online.de 104.22.17.127
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 104.22.20.143
    propsanestri1986 propsanestri1986@mailopenz.com 172.71.154.178
    ninavochujo ninavochujo@mail.ru (empty)
    1hererfyyhyu 1hererfyyhyu@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    ShereeHarriet shereeharriet32@deny.milkgg.com 196.196.254.113
    UXOSusan40231 susanbateman27@put.pettin.com 154.16.69.184
    HershelHarvard hershelharvard78@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    franklyncreswick franklyncreswick@spambog.com 104.22.17.127
    malorieworkman malorieworkman@idealifepulse.com 172.69.23.194
    AlizaXiong9 carmelladouglass250@googl.win 152.233.16.183
    marlysglauert marlysglauert@hidebox.org 172.69.23.194
    esther.bennetts99 esther.bennetts99@theclearorbit.com 172.69.23.193
    Marian23T70490 marian-martine@erpin.org 120.11.93.213
    rose-rose64 rose-rose64@vobita.tele.christmas 140.235.168.99
    viktorkarpovco4534 viktorkarpovco4534@rambler.ru 152.232.65.231
    inge-inge inge-inge@yepeko.searchmail.club 162.158.167.133
    jadebankston78 jadebankston78@far.glinxy.com 181.214.89.124
    MarcyMize8791 marcymize49@these.veauly.com 103.221.232.103
    richardromano10070 richardromano10070@a.seoautomationpro.com 5.252.31.47
    gloriaseward gloriaseward@vargosmail.com 78.111.155.255
    bdidps bdidps@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    allrank39 allrank39@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70