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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 - 1 Mar 2026 10:46 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,621
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    72.10.160.130 72.10.160.130 176.8.89.36
    ClevelandMcCaffe clevelandmccafferty28@8e4c.scalesurge.io 154.36.82.54
    lukeSta lukelukeluke67@hotmail.com 207.96.55.140
    e5a3ca339bcc21d40300a98f740e9c6f rev.dewald@gmail.com 69.138.211.40
    info info@bykea.com 120.40.130.70
    ahsan.iqbal ahsan.iqbal@bykea.com 120.40.130.70
    brannmannmarius brannmannmarius@gmail.com 2001:4650:632:0:811:1702:20:219
    smphamilton smphamilton@msn.com 45.147.233.51
    LizetteCastiglia lizettecastiglia57@broad.ehomu.com 102.165.55.129
    TyroneLeclair66 tyroneleclair5443@raymonthouse.co.uk 165.231.45.20
    chun chun@awsome-gadgets.com 198.177.254.157
    SidneyKauf sidney-kauffman-3719@eplayfortuna-spinrush.com 72.56.157.238
    202:03:8648:00:9:2:61:2 202:03:8648:00:9:2:61:2 120.40.130.70
    zaidanandextoz5649 zaidanandextoz@yahoo.com 12.50.107.221
    kaitlynhume365 kaitlynhume365@932e.emergencylocksmith.xyz 212.87.216.204
    MarkuspounC profconbu64@mail.ru 34.69.97.134
    Peter fefal@hotmail.co.uk 77.243.87.134
    ClayMurnin70 claymurnin40@thus.ehomu.com 191.101.92.16
    2003::72:91:7845:36:032:761 2003::72:91:7845:36:032:761 120.40.130.70
    202:454:883:0:614:897:5529:389 202:454:883:0:614:897:5529:389 120.40.130.70
    MadeleineDoe32 luisbianchi3111bsqe@seoautomationpro.com 38.154.54.20
    04bce8e8e2ba2f6b37e6ee4a712db313 mnfcaptainz1@gmail.com 79.145.117.104
    jettromano3997 jettromano3997@tempr.email 104.22.20.234
    Emely38D967 joshuajohnson4132pzc6@verifiedlinklist.com 23.236.243.36
    k...e...i.....t.hy2arterberryrl k...e...i.....t.hy2arterberryrl@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    edithbivens edithbivens@dvd.dns-cloud.net 103.167.93.225
    JeanaH610968438 jackal-hassan350831vuo@seoautomationpro.com 209.127.196.183
    rosettahatter83 rosettahatter83@fuerte.elyquin.com 45.125.245.228
    profconbu64 profconbu64@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    JuneChery3 elizabethlopez3122w4z0@travel-e-store.com 209.127.196.188
    ubqudz63 ubqudz63@aviator-game-best.com 46.8.107.199
    meril.eric meril.eric@sfr.fr 120.40.130.70
    loganjenkins loganjenkins@tozo.top 172.69.134.82
    konsuler.riyadh konsuler.riyadh@kemlu.go.id 185.220.101.129
    trent.kirke trent.kirke@087b.scalesurge.io 23.105.5.107
    2600:1900:0:4301::1400 2600:1900:0:4301::1400 120.40.130.70
    danielwilson8033126l danielwilson8033126l@verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.23.194
    RashadWhinham65 rashad.rashad@paxije.bonusmail.art 209.50.173.201
    NinaWillia ninawilliam@ramenbetofficial777.top 72.56.157.189
    WilfredFerrer stevengarcia7493at3v@budgetthailandtravel.com 209.127.196.179
    susanmcilwraith susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 198.20.188.245
    EzequielPulver ezequielpulver35@role.cdfaq.com 196.242.114.66
    ReneLapine7979 renelapine25@broad.ehomu.com 23.95.81.36
    DorotheaMilliner dorothea.dorothea5@paxije.bonusmail.art 104.207.33.255
    ivanov81ec9 ivanov81ec9@rambler.ru 109.248.129.163
    202:1810:57:00:30:6:73: 202:1810:57:00:30:6:73: 120.40.130.70
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    JanForney6 teramolineux1291@samilor.store 37.67.45.140
    shelawilfred180 shelawilfred180@miscalhero.com 172.69.23.194
    202:1810:0:600:08:296:236:8899 202:1810:0:600:08:296:236:8899 120.40.130.70
    williamtaylor1127a0x3 williamtaylor1127a0x3@gsavps.xyz 104.22.17.127
    xrumer23wibre xrumer23wibre@gmail.com 211.239.181.182
    2001:100:006:6500:913:787:633:2168 2001:100:006:6500:913:787:633:2168 120.40.130.70
    CarissaYod carissayoder@4331.thomasin.online 165.231.165.235
    LuisLEstra luellaarredondo5962@puxa.top 130.185.154.186
    kelli-merryman86 kelli-merryman86@45c5.next4.xyz 192.3.240.203
    Lurlene2423 fanoh288@ak.gy 23.81.229.106
    LinoBranson76 lino-branson161@raymonthouse.co.uk 196.247.160.102
    sarahmartin90244u61 sarahmartin90244u61@c.verifiedlinklist.com 38.154.37.216
    EstebanBear8 estebanbear@raymonthouse.co.uk 165.231.35.178
    202:1810:0:4600:994:62:9:149 202:1810:0:4600:994:62:9:149 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:59:358:79:39 202:8108:8125:100:59:358:79:39 120.40.130.70
    DeanaDutcher deana.dutcher@raymonthouse.co.uk 192.186.142.51
    AudryGreen audry-greenleaf@drda29.dynainbox.com 104.239.119.25
    RileyFda72161 dwightmcphee9807@nguyenlieu24h.com 109.81.17.177
    KinaBavin1 kina.bavin98@lift.healthcareprivacy.click 23.82.28.126
    bradyhollandqa0qv bradyhollandqa0qv@smarmail.com 77.238.247.13
    w.oo.dfor.dj.a.me.s.on.4 w.oo.dfor.dj.a.me.s.on.4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70