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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 - 16 Sep 2026 6:58 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,613
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    YukikoBonney40 soonzita@veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23Phith xrumer23Phith@gmail.com 27.130.222.223
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mhytztsyjMt mhytztsyjMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    Shaynecib shayneNek@partnersucheseite.de 194.62.105.193
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tyvbhohqzot tyvbhohqzot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    whemphtvcpa whemphtvcpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FatimaCote madisonmann@injkrea.xyz 196.51.119.249
    pytqsyrwxMa pytqsyrwxMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    anthonyrodriguez6519jw0f anthonyrodriguez6519jw0f@gsasearchengineranker.com 162.158.167.143
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TobyWell39 tobywell29@e428.zouytr.xyz 38.154.186.195
    hgbbuyiodSn hgbbuyiodSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    Emile emile.de.mesmaeker@gmail.com 202:03:6828:300:9:570:8019:88
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    789 789@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DoreenBrun doreenbrunker40@nervain.nexanta.eu 213.139.196.167
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CorneliusMais73 madisonmann@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.208
    hwhfnbtcrpl hwhfnbtcrpl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FESBryan9083 hugorene@veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    SunnyBitner36 sunnybitner94@fog.blyxen.org 163.172.53.142
    pedgmfpyxot pedgmfpyxot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pqtnxmtcxMt pqtnxmtcxMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    CollinOquendo9 collin-collin68@loyewe.pokemonica.online 199.96.167.167
    dario-dario34 dario-dario34@guzori.mailbox.mom 162.252.55.31
    GeniaBousquet63 madisonmann@injkrea.xyz 196.51.119.125
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cegobyfmtMt cegobyfmtMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    Mario81T94 marianakieran@veauly.com 102.165.54.7
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    btrwvlxviot btrwvlxviot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    xaoomoxiqSn xaoomoxiqSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    JacquelineDeRoug ryanzella@veauly.com 144.48.52.102
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    peumekljmot peumekljmot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    njtnowbqpMa njtnowbqpMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    ivanov.i ivanov.i@example.org 120.40.130.70
    faopxysgkpl faopxysgkpl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    mustermann mustermann@example.org 120.40.130.70
    rsa2048 rsa2048@example.org 120.40.130.70
    angeloedmondson41 angeloedmondson41@tala.oxilv.com 120.40.130.70
    try1 try1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    lryotbfkcpl lryotbfkcpl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    adamsmith adamsmith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    fakemail fakemail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    name name@example.org 120.40.130.70