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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 Sep 2026 3:36 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,132
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    crocodile.anonyme crocodile.anonyme@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    tefu.r.a.d6.54 tefu.r.a.d6.54@gmail.com 172.71.159.82
    federicoxiong3271 federicoxiong3271@spambog.com 172.71.154.169
    blqmglrjqEl blqmglrjqEl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    veypmougfEl veypmougfEl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    tkzpslwmdKr tkzpslwmdKr@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    kelleybattarbee95 kelleybattarbee95@tinygo.top 64.29.74.231
    AlizaGrammer9 beauclarita@veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    franciscabroadbent3366 franciscabroadbent3366@ggrainn.com 104.22.17.78
    ReneeMacdougall valnorman@anonmails.de 103.234.203.53
    Josephavals l.i.n.k.s89ma.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    dosfaiisbPt dosfaiisbPt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    bmland87 bmland87@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    kentlombardo kentlombardo@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.154.168
    ervinhowie ervinhowie@fintechistanbul.net 172.69.23.184
    ixtdwxijnmn ixtdwxijnmn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    davidjohnson2388uylp davidjohnson2388uylp@a.pattaya-mega.com 198.20.170.197
    mnvqvknvkmn mnvqvknvkmn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    oksana.nagovicuna oksana.nagovicuna@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    KarineWainwright karinewainwright@ff5a.bulbulda.xyz 198.23.178.223
    ECKOwen7270 anthonymiller948572gq@c.pattaya-mega.com 64.188.11.216
    hzxmsscjppa hzxmsscjppa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    5d4c9d32-b79a-4096-9391-437cf6dc1ba3 5d4c9d32-b79a-4096-9391-437cf6dc1ba3@mail.espaciou 120.40.130.70
    LeoraOhi323 paulbrown8697e18t@b.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.25.73
    jlmwxcixpki jlmwxcixpki@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    gnefqikwdmn gnefqikwdmn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    ArletteCoghlan1 arlettecoghlan34@ff5a.bulbulda.xyz 107.174.59.142
    RollandTregurtha domingaperry@veauly.com 102.165.54.227
    legal legal@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    BernardoDa williammoore8747cp3s@b.mustdoindubai.com 152.232.111.89
    sir.maxbo sir.maxbo@yandex.ru 188.162.11.54
    MaurineJbt barbarajohnson2892y2qd@e.welcometotijuana.com 64.188.11.80
    FloridaVillagome patriciaanderson191peys@b.blog-stuff.com 64.188.11.144
    GeorginaTilly nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    ChangScarfe079 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    JudiRash172 josephgarcia4872h4zz@f.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.38.46
    cdtauizbfmn cdtauizbfmn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    second-mail-me second-mail-me@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dtpxlimrlki dtpxlimrlki@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    ulkrhdkrbPt ulkrhdkrbPt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    Cesar170963118 vs.mjdzfs6341jaebd.com7uahhkdacrx6cimail.jaebd.com 178.20.42.231
    JoshuaBrass9143 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    DevonTuckfield joshuagarcia6937ee10@a.mustdoindubai.com 66.63.185.172
    Blikinkfak vladdavydov263@gmail.com 158.173.166.249
    hilariomckie4789 hilariomckie4789@koes.justdied.com 172.69.135.14
    Zelma0609883 zelma.beveridge98@vipitv.com 183.197.56.189
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Foamize andy.newport@ntlworld.com 109.236.89.97
    JoyceYarborough hugorene@veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    shannacaskey7071 shannacaskey7071@cosoinan.com 104.22.20.56
    ytprtkm33wr ytprtkm33wr@kanyeomg.com 172.69.135.13
    justicebzwiegandjlz832 justicebzwiegandjlz832@gmail.com 162.158.167.44
    zmlsbxbfoEl zmlsbxbfoEl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    f.e.d.o.rmut.a.ni.s f.e.d.o.rmut.a.ni.s@gmail.com 172.69.135.14
    elizabethjohnson6727hjzd elizabethjohnson6727hjzd@travel-e-store.com 104.22.17.78
    LucieTlv5314317 lucie-lucie49@puwapu.silomar.live 62.204.49.33
    yygmqhkjiPt yygmqhkjiPt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    neuhvxelfPt neuhvxelfPt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    tiagozip tiagozip@proton.me (empty)
    blanca.magallon54 blanca.magallon54@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.184
    nikolayy-shevcov nikolayy-shevcov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    prhkfgipipa prhkfgipipa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    pfghvocxhmn pfghvocxhmn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    GeorgiaHollis8 tammykatrina@veauly.com 191.101.92.218
    yrmwbrlvwKr yrmwbrlvwKr@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168