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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 - 6 Feb 2026 2:39 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,087
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    OrenDacre10 oren.dacre@themanlythings.com 192.171.82.239
    natulya.fedosova.96 natulya.fedosova.96@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:300:16:64:5756:95 202:3100:5:300:16:64:5756:95 120.40.130.70
    StuartMcClelland gerald@uraplive.com 65.111.6.121
    chadwicksnipes4740 chadwicksnipes4740@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 103.187.94.30
    2605:200:9201:808:082:450:55:95 2605:200:9201:808:082:450:55:95 120.40.130.70
    LloydRey1379799 benniepaltridge@anonmails.de 149.36.50.12
    2001:162:7072:800:699:230:362:8 2001:162:7072:800:699:230:362:8 120.40.130.70
    Kina770660 andraroden@monyal.sbs 149.36.50.12
    202:1808:1:850:319:286:79:3 202:1808:1:850:319:286:79:3 120.40.130.70
    Lillie28K7068 lilliewooley23@self.ehomu.com 191.101.250.73
    alvinpeebles4620 alvinpeebles4620@0815.ru 104.22.20.178
    2001:0:4715:230:8:371:98:27 2001:0:4715:230:8:371:98:27 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    trudydadson trudydadson@anonmails.de 149.36.50.12
    alizanowlin5776 alizanowlin5776@freundin.ru 104.22.20.178
    2804:70:3:19:110:7:06: 2804:70:3:19:110:7:06: 120.40.130.70
    JulieUpton cornellevelyne@joeymx.com 196.240.143.22
    202:020:381:93:11:11:42:5198 202:020:381:93:11:11:42:5198 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    IrmaGentry irmagentry88@seat.muzaco.com 191.101.114.30
    KandaceNeil6542 kandaceneil@playfortuna-playzone.com 72.56.147.245
    ingeborgratcliffe6463 ingeborgratcliffe6463@mailmenot.io 198.20.175.113
    jewell-humphreys jewell-humphreys@inquiries.hotelhafenhamburg.click 109.122.24.41
    KayEyc752309 corneliusmount9759@anonmails.de 149.36.50.12
    info.faithshopifypartnership info.faithshopifypartnership@gmail.com 102.89.75.132
    WWTMargarette margarette.margarette84@heyoci.sabo.bar 65.111.9.22
    patshackleton16 patshackleton16@support.51tiemo.com 172.69.23.193
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    haden987484 haden987484@shannonwardmail.com 120.40.130.70
    garlandfoerster28 garlandfoerster28@solvane.elyquin.org 23.106.16.66
    judithjiminez6477 judithjiminez6477@adult-work.info 172.69.23.193
    TMPAvis368539 martinvivier1182@anonmails.de 149.36.50.12
    bemwabyy bemwabyy@ronaldofmail.com 185.255.126.67
    debramudie debramudie@trashmailr.com 162.158.166.236
    ClariceDeal336 claricedeal@playfortuna-playzone.com 72.56.189.213
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    petr.ta.ta.r.s.ky.h.omewo.rk19872.2.05 petr.ta.ta.r.s.ky.h.omewo.rk19872.2.05@gmail.com 45.91.22.104
    mohammadjavadabdi.2003 mohammadjavadabdi.2003@gmail.com 83.121.163.223
    GradyMercado266 charleswilliams42181qac@a.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.242.109
    b.r.ia.ns.e.el.ect.ri.c.a.lti.p.s. b.r.ia.ns.e.el.ect.ri.c.a.lti.p.s.@gmail.com 92.119.36.34
    info info@professionalseocleanup.com 92.204.188.253
    BeatrisLangham9 beatrislangham40@self.ehomu.com 223.29.254.43
    xrumer888 xrumer888@outlook.com 162.158.166.236
    RonM2774341429 ron-mcloud@jornaldeagora.top 104.193.215.215
    dorokhov-andrey dorokhov-andrey@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    florentinacrook9370 florentinacrook9370@pecinan.net 172.71.154.179
    202:020:481:81:42:7529:594:3188 202:020:481:81:42:7529:594:3188 120.40.130.70
    NXRValentina offivy963@websend.net 196.247.205.140
    raphaelspyer1054 raphaelspyer1054@waroengpremium.com 104.22.20.179
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    202:80:4053:879:9021::0:102 202:80:4053:879:9021::0:102 120.40.130.70
    hampshirepropertiesproduction hampshirepropertiesproduction@entrata.com 120.40.130.70
    MaurineSew emilysmith7439nv4l@a.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.242.120
    tarcisio.reis tarcisio.reis@trt5.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    rocky.mckelvey rocky.mckelvey@3f41.novagroup.biz 23.80.157.200
    5163627563 5163627563@tmomail.net 132.255.133.199
    VickieMitchell pubego@dogsmot.com 103.247.151.186
    ShariZ8053 sharikneebone65@panel.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.54
    AntonioMakowski shymixand@mail4.uk 172.245.193.100
    lu.k.i.no.vi.ch20.221.3.5.5 lu.k.i.no.vi.ch20.221.3.5.5@gmail.com 158.173.155.199
    chavez.rochelledragon chavez.rochelledragon@gmail.come 120.40.130.70
    DanielWright daniel.wright@jmailservice.com 45.86.16.237
    varuukaz varuukaz@roigra.fun 148.251.13.126
    acid acid@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 202:3100:5:300:947:2:680:90 120.40.130.70
    01 01@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:61:21:87:486 202:8108:8125:100:61:21:87:486 120.40.130.70
    202:03:84:400:11:8385:628:4319 202:03:84:400:11:8385:628:4319 120.40.130.70
    kariranclaud kariranclaud@discolive.site 172.69.23.193
    tamerabisbee8151 tamerabisbee8151@viavuive.net 104.22.20.178
    roma.gorlenko roma.gorlenko@inbox.ru 31.173.83.133
    roma.gorlenko roma.gorlenko@mail.ru 31.173.83.133