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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 - 3 Sep 2026 10:23 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,424
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    thomasemord youngruthg28795@gmx.com 23.129.64.185
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 104.22.17.79
    candiceblakeney5400 candiceblakeney5400@asia.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.142
    margret.bruxner margret.bruxner@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.135.14
    1349e16203c33b150fe462db55ff00b3 kolicek15@seznam.cz 77.48.41.105
    Jamessming barbariska8912@gmail.com 144.124.227.11
    zannativaovz9939 zannativaovz@126.com 202.28.194.139
    aophiausasdo6699 aophiausasdo@hotmail.com 202.28.194.139
    JimmySmith tykesmith50@gmail.com 98.97.83.59
    svetlanazakipe svetlanazakipe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    sgalvis sgalvis@neweseguros.com.br 120.40.130.70
    leticiavitorialimadasilva2006 leticiavitorialimadasilva2006@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tami.ramirez9189 tami.ramirez9189@tiptopmail.top 172.69.23.183
    carloscaputo carloscaputo@neweseguros.com.br 120.40.130.70
    michel.perryman michel.perryman@shrinkr.top 103.104.22.226
    newbloghi259 newbloghi259@blogranks.top 2.57.23.111
    chaustuart99 chaustuart99@no.mxdood.com 104.22.17.79
    lordbrad lordbrad@zohomail.com 12.185.204.226
    kelliealbritton9390 kelliealbritton9390@hello-word-2026.store 188.130.185.140
    leticiavitorialimadasilva2006 leticiavitorialimadasilva2006@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    leticiavitorialimadasilva2006 leticiavitorialimadasilva2006@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    denisstevens denisstevens@axionexonit.com 191.101.114.42
    LSXJai8206851871 thomasbrown4677tu43@c.mustdoindubai.com 66.63.183.2
    patty.watterston35 patty.watterston35@lift.meetwisetransfer.click 104.22.17.79
    danielsmith91223qs9 danielsmith91223qs9@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 23.236.248.209
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    1jefeddyhu 1jefeddyhu@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    JettaPardo davidgonzalez2288juhz@d.blog-stuff.com 152.232.53.83
    tati trios4051@gmail.com 200.105.99.22
    tanya ktttiana@gmail.com 108.75.121.32
    ftbewsdg ftbewsdg@analismail.com 172.69.135.13
    newbloghi154 newbloghi154@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    maricruz-lowrie maricruz-lowrie@usewisetransfer.click 104.22.17.79
    sir.maxbo sir.maxbo@yandex.ru 172.71.159.81
    barbarawilson721nj5j barbarawilson721nj5j@c.gsavps.xyz 23.236.203.85
    newbloghi154 newbloghi154@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    stephen.colechin-2200 stephen.colechin-2200@cskarmelita.com 162.158.167.44
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ShannaSpringer9 shannashanna@sajihi.smush.space 162.252.52.90
    fkmafextybr fkmafextybr@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    harriett-sorrells.4834 harriett-sorrells.4834@ru.landing.fit 193.29.99.23
    klaushoward88 klaushoward88@over.mxdood.com 162.158.167.43
    theresabutters3605 theresabutters3605@discard.email 104.22.20.143
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pqamedkigx pqamedkigx@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    dong.gourgaud97 dong.gourgaud97@kudagacor.fun 104.22.17.79
    AnthonyCarnarvon anthony.carnarvon@d677.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.126.180
    AmyDanielson994 amydanielson98@2eb5.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.127.199
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MarkoTousignant marko.tousignant62@2521.bulbulda.xyz 109.230.203.122
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GladisBraman84 lindawilliams9607fcdw@d.blog-stuff.com 196.51.103.137
    joshuabrown5846kfpn joshuabrown5846kfpn@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.135.14
    art21 art21@blogranks.top 2.57.23.198
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kasi631 kasi631@tutamail.com 120.40.130.70
    impactcommunication225 impactcommunication225@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DorieRinco dorie-rincon6303@d.lovepettoys.shop 186.65.118.171
    ilias.bennouna ilias.bennouna@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    toto75 toto75@tutamail.com 120.40.130.70
    praymdirect67 praymdirect67@praymdirect.site 120.40.130.70
    recreational12 recreational12@mail.ee 120.40.130.70
    berkantvicil90 berkantvicil90@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    michaelhernandez5145y6ml michaelhernandez5145y6ml@a.mustdoindubai.com 107.172.177.177
    Samirid89 Samirid89@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    Sabiaa Sabiaa@mail.bg 120.40.130.70
    vegawa5652 vegawa5652@neowd.com 120.40.130.70
    victor.davin victor.davin@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    selat78440 selat78440@mediseat.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi230 newbloghi230@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    verner verner@kuhni72.ru 120.40.130.70
    pfeif pfeif@comic.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70