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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 - 5 Apr 2026 1:16 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,776
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LaraeOutlaw82 laraeoutlaw58@river.muzaco.com 191.101.114.21
    2800:2202:0:2070:47:682:6:27 2800:2202:0:2070:47:682:6:27 120.40.130.70
    aimeesorlie1877 aimeesorlie1877@spambog.ru 104.22.20.235
    202:03:8746:8200:5645:1265:95: 202:03:8746:8200:5645:1265:95: 120.40.130.70
    NilaHertzo nila-hertzog@feedback.51tiemo.com 217.181.69.125
    2001:67:2660:425:19::0 2001:67:2660:425:19::0 120.40.130.70
    sentarrleme1986 sentarrleme1986@mailopenz.com 162.158.167.134
    3139952070 3139952070@qq.com 2605:80:2:111:100:9:00:91
    astanaevmd astanaevmd@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    jennifermartinez58192int jennifermartinez58192int@c.gsasearchengineranker.c 23.229.114.189
    2003:0:30:00:42:8977:645:876 2003:0:30:00:42:8977:645:876 120.40.130.70
    ahmedal-hassan39383 ahmedal-hassan39383@b.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.134.83
    tonja.whitmire tonja.whitmire@ryznmail.web.id 172.69.134.82
    johnrodriguez7851l9dv johnrodriguez7851l9dv@c.welcometotijuana.com 172.69.23.194
    MathiasKirsova6 ugrxtxqs@bekommenmail.com 154.195.108.171
    202:1810:25:300:35:86:433:469 202:1810:25:300:35:86:433:469 120.40.130.70
    ewancarrier ewancarrier@1secmail.org 104.22.20.235
    202:46:104:0:40:644:765:598 202:46:104:0:40:644:765:598 120.40.130.70
    AndersonY58 andersonphelps6@panel.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.223
    emoryfoletta emoryfoletta@1mail.x24hr.com 104.22.20.235
    ChongVanRaalte0 chongvanraalte37@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.252
    LeonaBarrios leonaleona22@xuxodi.wisecook.xyz 45.3.53.25
    earnestnicolle earnestnicolle@pw.epac.to 162.158.167.133
    202:8108:8125:100:896:185:4215:376 202:8108:8125:100:896:185:4215:376 120.40.130.70
    serj-luzan98 serj-luzan98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    kacpi46 kacpi46@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    LouisFremo ruebenallison3985@ohgitu.me 98.159.44.191
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    KaiWhaley7689 kaiwhaley67@scene.muzaco.com 144.48.52.235
    dana.ragsdale8 dana.ragsdale8@ddb6.rshrthertherth.net 172.69.23.194
    193 193@solatog.online 104.22.20.234
    arron.tillyard33 arron.tillyard33@f856.gobestboys.top 172.69.23.194
    IngridEoff8 rpop-test68@itatac.tk 170.168.96.109
    joshuahernandez197aazd joshuahernandez197aazd@c.blog-stuff.com 72.57.67.189
    202:1810:40:900:11:87:64:146 202:1810:40:900:11:87:64:146 120.40.130.70
    laverncoghlan laverncoghlan@anonmails.de 172.69.134.82
    siennaneilson siennaneilson@mailmenot.io 172.71.158.69
    202:1810:926:800:4927:94:534:259 202:1810:926:800:4927:94:534:259 120.40.130.70
    gisikneoflat gisikneoflat@gismail.online 172.71.154.178
    F3lix03 mijesi7749@availors.com 2003:9:426:1400:518:2:428:07
    GBSTwyla71765400 mmph53@blogwebsite.top 45.8.255.195
    soilabutt soilabutt@anonmails.de 172.69.134.83
    barbararodriguez98827r4y barbararodriguez98827r4y@f.seoautomationpro.com 23.229.54.143
    m.ksorb.b.log m.ksorb.b.log@gmail.com 45.130.81.41
    jeanettejeanette67 jeanettejeanette67@muyele.redmail.click 120.40.130.70
    jessmyles jessmyles@solstris.com 172.71.158.68
    ashleighshang ashleighshang@koes.justdied.com 120.40.130.70
    robertoshull28 robertoshull28@801d.gobestboys.top 172.69.134.83
    LillaRuffi gerald@uraplive.com 152.232.31.175
    DeniseChurch lillykerns1134@roseau.me 107.173.192.79
    DemetriaRuggles demetriaruggles67@last.muzaco.com 103.221.232.171
    tbujhiht tbujhiht@bekommenmail.com 64.31.20.22
    ThanhLyman thanhlyman2@gti.scoldly.com 192.186.177.27
    thomasmiller50832zex thomasmiller50832zex@b.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    agebqhyj agebqhyj@legenmail.com 64.31.20.22
    EleanoreCraddock joshuagarcia2660mec3@welcometotijuana.com 23.236.175.134
    i.bogorskay i.bogorskay@mail.ru 94.25.171.232
    dorthy.macpherson dorthy.macpherson@51tiemo.com 172.69.23.194
    TahliaLouise2 tahlialouise36@seven.vietnambrandmatters.com 64.188.15.85
    Major55Y71 majorharries99@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 66.63.160.12
    retsepohof1983 retsepohof1983@mailopenz.com 172.71.154.179
    WULHai7238 haiashe63@feed.cdfaq.com 144.48.52.254
    franklin-mcfarland-5681 franklin-mcfarland-5681@gmail.makefunny.org 120.40.130.70
    dorothymarcus dorothymarcus@d0c2.catqo.site 172.71.158.68
    a.mazin.ggghe.ll a.mazin.ggghe.ll@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    yjqxyhse yjqxyhse@bekommenmail.com 64.31.20.22
    202:1810:49:800:5496:55:22:28 202:1810:49:800:5496:55:22:28 120.40.130.70
    SERGIO sergioseb7205@gmail.com 79.148.159.10
    PZTReda87 lucindaquiroz@8.dnsabr.com 170.130.163.35
    202:1810:06:100:7150:01:782:15 202:1810:06:100:7150:01:782:15 120.40.130.70
    jmacfarlane jmacfarlane@san.rr.com1 194.180.236.208