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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 Apr 2026 10:14 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,566
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    toktobayeva.nata toktobayeva.nata@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AnneSimonson themit888@mail.ru 46.150.9.111
    stevengarcia97064xmu stevengarcia97064xmu@gsasearchengineranker.shop 162.158.167.43
    njbmxwixuor njbmxwixuor@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    reecefeint reecefeint@emailgsa11.xyz 172.71.158.69
    liza.vul liza.vul@tryhackme.com 120.40.130.70
    ameeludwig ameeludwig@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.178
    Robertliece b.r.ians.eele.c.tri.c.a.ltips@gmail.com 92.119.36.9
    202:020:388:1053:5:748:43:0 202:020:388:1053:5:748:43:0 120.40.130.70
    gabrielledorthy gabrielledorthy@veauly.com 104.22.20.5
    daniilvolkov daniilvolkov@casinotds.xyz 172.69.23.193
    colin.dufaur colin.dufaur@2712.bubbles-swimming.co.uk 120.40.130.70
    davidgarcia6883uic7 davidgarcia6883uic7@f.welcometotijuana.com 23.229.114.171
    1geretynujiik 1geretynujiik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    pauldavis5998gzw0 pauldavis5998gzw0@b.travel-e-store.com 172.71.158.68
    thomasthomas80592gwq thomasthomas80592gwq@a.verifiedlinklist.com 172.71.154.178
    MatthewLob melnikovleshadw9464@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    monthly-marketing monthly-marketing@tryhackme.com 120.40.130.70
    paulhardcastle1 paul-hardcastle1@proton.me 148.252.147.61
    duarte.cruz+1421456 duarte.cruz+1421456@tryhackme.com 120.40.130.70
    ehemefif ehemefif@ffkelmmail.com 158.69.118.188
    FredChinnery sarahwilson3698g6rl@welcometotijuana.com 192.198.104.129
    dixie-leger7919 dixie-leger7919@xplayfortuna-rewardhub.com 104.22.20.4
    canreabankbil canreabankbil@imjail.ol 120.40.130.70
    lindadavis3421kn5e lindadavis3421kn5e@swartluxury258.com 147.78.52.193
    alt.xi-2wd2ta1 alt.xi-2wd2ta1@yopmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DougDouglas xjctfbncpt@rambler.ru 45.132.194.7
    isac+freeprod isac+freeprod@tryhackme.com 120.40.130.70
    tedtia tedtia@solstris.com 162.158.167.123
    markjohnson4380zzuw markjohnson4380zzuw@backlinks.monster 172.69.135.84
    taniavirgin4306 taniavirgin4306@tempr.email 172.71.158.68
    ikipfefa ikipfefa@burgermailcomp.com 158.69.119.16
    amoedolu amoedolu@korarlocalbrand.com 158.69.118.189
    esther.cook esther.cook@live.com.au 209:3:368:105::1:5
    AsaCornejo54 asa-cornejo@ramenbet-portal.buzz 72.56.188.19
    clintdeleon9029 clintdeleon9029@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.194
    1geretynujiik 1geretynujiik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    2803:600:310:63:1:398:66:49 2803:600:310:63:1:398:66:49 120.40.130.70
    duarte.cruz duarte.cruz@tryhackme.com 120.40.130.70
    merry.merry merry.merry@cexegi.dmail.fit 172.69.23.194
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    ejjumitu ejjumitu@burgermailcomp.com 158.69.119.16
    202:1810:926:800:766::4:54 202:1810:926:800:766::4:54 120.40.130.70
    mnew8 mnew8@blogwebsite.top 45.133.170.162
    danielmartin7633rwwr danielmartin7633rwwr@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.20.85
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    RosaRosenbalm6 gemmaburleson9853@anonmails.de 185.166.162.45
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    WayneMcIlvain3 top9@blogwebsite.top 45.8.255.184
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    Joesph00123 josephd00123@yahoo.com 2605:59:6695:9808:919:104:54:1460
    thomasjohnson8864pshf thomasjohnson8864pshf@a.verifiedlinklist.com 67.215.230.148
    adv adv@iartun.com 172.69.135.54
    kathrin-kathrin kathrin-kathrin@hufuxe.sancto.xyz 162.158.167.123
    berrymonte berrymonte@fpstipscentral.xyz 120.40.130.70
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    gsaserplaza gsaserplaza@eliteplazaplus.com 31.59.239.74
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    nbaiwswq nbaiwswq@bethcampbell.biz 23.236.132.147
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    ireiepoha ireiepoha@burgermailcomp.com 158.69.119.16
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    donaldvof donaldvof@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    FranceColunga myrtleleila@solstris.com 103.221.232.106
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    llee llee@rus-china.travel 181.177.87.102
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