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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 - 19 Sep 2026 1:02 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,381
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    galen galen@gcaudio.com 72.48.5.124
    ALONSORODRIGUEZ alonsorafaelra80987@gmail.com 179.7.88.154
    gillian gillian@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    J jonhreidar@simnet.is 85.220.71.228
    mzaviarmfot mzaviarmfot@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    ali ali@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    dakota dakota@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    jtjzkclqgKr jtjzkclqgKr@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    xlslhgzaoPt xlslhgzaoPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    paulmartin3942n7pd paulmartin3942n7pd@verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.20.56
    Halina81Q4189 beauclarita@veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    leandrooliva leandrooliva@icloulb.com 185.215.244.101
    nganlt nganlt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    fazil.khaja fazil.khaja@comfrt.com 120.40.130.70
    cierra-handfield cierra-handfield@axionexonit.com 191.101.114.42
    harley.bradley19 harley.bradley19@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.183
    JohnC john.clinton1965@gmail.com 200:238:5560:01:508:40::47
    prbjlxkwsOr prbjlxkwsOr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    ngocanhl ngocanhl@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ayqglwwdkot ayqglwwdkot@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    dyltyupmqOr dyltyupmqOr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    katiehorseman katiehorseman@axionexonit.com 172.69.135.14
    bobwolinski9829 bobwolinski9829@muareview.com 172.71.159.82
    rkkroybbqsi rkkroybbqsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    jerrycek jerrycek@partnersucheseite.de 120.40.130.70
    aazzmswypKr aazzmswypKr@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    tjewpyxbfer tjewpyxbfer@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    BrockDuong22 soonzita@veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    aoipfsbddsi aoipfsbddsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    GregDelaga stevenwilson246387nd@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 38.154.38.46
    blog blog@crypto-news.fun 96.47.166.16
    jicousderu jicousderu@mail.ru 172.69.224.192
    tfgjamie54 gsa@follarico.net 216.26.252.185
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    jamesjones22420t1k jamesjones22420t1k@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 198.20.170.204
    zlqsfhcbiEa zlqsfhcbiEa@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    zeyajcjepot zeyajcjepot@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    malcolmhsu5361 malcolmhsu5361@dmxs8.com 172.69.23.183
    druowcenwer druowcenwer@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    dfgldgqjhPt dfgldgqjhPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    selinagirardin2867 selinagirardin2867@pw.epac.to 172.69.135.14
    kxzrybhqvOr kxzrybhqvOr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    dfpotlpyaKr dfpotlpyaKr@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    @pp-sites-mail.ru 85.117.61.187
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KrystleRiemer marisakorey@veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    emdosnlsusi emdosnlsusi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    mtot1 mtot1@webtoteam.shop 104.22.20.57
    ngandtk ngandtk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    cfkytmkmger cfkytmkmger@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    qayfidoqrPt qayfidoqrPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    rondameagher19 rondameagher19@tuti.blyxen.org 192.210.186.112
    dorinehacking dorinehacking@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.135.14
    prqlwcmousi prqlwcmousi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    berniegreco berniegreco@ru.contributor.website 172.71.159.82
    ngaptl ngaptl@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    snukfkpujPt snukfkpujPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    jerrycek jerrycek@partnersucheseite.de 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AbbieIngalls jaxontopp@ship79.com 45.117.63.156
    beqhxxjvger beqhxxjvger@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    ricovoss ricovoss@mail.pokie.ru 104.22.20.57
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    rosemarydurand rosemarydurand@freundin.ru 172.69.135.14
    fdfmbpwsmsi fdfmbpwsmsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    202:8108:987:700:196:99:871:558 202:8108:987:700:196:99:871:558 120.40.130.70
    desapariciondepezi desapariciondepezi@proton.me 120.40.130.70