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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 - 30 Aug 2026 2:55 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,097
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    gqxpnysnymr gqxpnysnymr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    olga76757 olgaolga76757@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    2001:101:496:900:9:6:17:843 2001:101:496:900:9:6:17:843 120.40.130.70
    KristinaGormanst kristinagormanston54@cold.muzaco.com 191.101.114.29
    Beatris193 judemcbride@t.woeishyang.com 200.71.127.202
    paulgarcia1380wup9 paulgarcia1380wup9@d.welcometotijuana.com 94.46.247.124
    2804:398:117:600:2976:28:8232:3 2804:398:117:600:2976:28:8232:3 120.40.130.70
    202:459:412:0:85::515:77 202:459:412:0:85::515:77 120.40.130.70
    elizabethmartin8004tsli elizabethmartin8004tsli@b.verifiedlinklist.com 23.236.132.54
    williamgarcia372187bd williamgarcia372187bd@c.travel-e-store.com 172.69.135.14
    andreajaconostudiopilates andreajaconostudiopilates@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    piprefitwo piprefitwo@mail.ru 172.70.160.247
    200:041:355:6700:6486:90::6859 200:041:355:6700:6486:90::6859 120.40.130.70
    Deloras3732 jessicamartinez1050kqfg@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.8.181
    svetlanazakipe svetlanazakipe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    catalina-gabriele8789 catalina-gabriele8789@wordspacemail.com 172.69.135.13
    2001:7:80:282:3:282:80:81 2001:7:80:282:3:282:80:81 120.40.130.70
    2405:5700:304:214:12:14:967:9 2405:5700:304:214:12:14:967:9 120.40.130.70
    FrancesShrader francesshrader19@just.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.20
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    GudrunMonsen7 gudrunmonsen8@put.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    2804:13:83:60:144:24:97:26 2804:13:83:60:144:24:97:26 120.40.130.70
    202:267:04:414:0:5000:0:3 202:267:04:414:0:5000:0:3 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:889:908:43:45 202:8108:8125:100:889:908:43:45 120.40.130.70
    Marissa2667 thomasmoore540ruwt@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.8.24
    202:8108:8125:100:517:7:364: 202:8108:8125:100:517:7:364: 120.40.130.70
    MarylynAugustin barbarawilson721nj5j@c.gsavps.xyz 154.16.4.192
    EarleneCary22 matthewwilliams7228p5jt@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.11.177
    FlynnBurrell43 christophergarcia82633rw4@b.budgetthailandtravel.c 38.154.101.145
    AlfieHuxham87 jessicamoore9632jqwu@b.gsaserbuilder.store 23.229.116.77
    LeonardGardiner leonardgardiner16@trick.veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    ValeriaVaude094 valeria-valeria@juhawu.blogbliss.site 140.235.169.234
    LawerenceMares7 tedtia@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    denishamelba denishamelba@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.43
    NAUBrianne briannedurden57@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 172.71.159.82
    FBSFae7065 richardjohnson17157uy2@a.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.11.80
    PromotionLok le.n.a.g.o.pka.lo73.@gmail.com 84.239.42.159
    IonaClarkson44 pauljones6763synu@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.103.243
    203:320:7000:605:499:523:9711:534 203:320:7000:605:499:523:9711:534 120.40.130.70
    ydvnlrnp ydvnlrnp@ishowfirstmail.com 149.88.18.28
    senaidawozniak senaidawozniak@a.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    n.e.p.ez.uj.i.n42.9 n.e.p.ez.uj.i.n42.9@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:4453:79:2400:742:6797:9:1301 2001:4453:79:2400:742:6797:9:1301 120.40.130.70
    AndresHansman8 andreshansman75@trick.veauly.com 191.101.92.183
    keeleymoyes3143 keeleymoyes3143@donator.site 185.220.101.35
    2001:4453:6:200:9:7707:75:588 2001:4453:6:200:9:7707:75:588 120.40.130.70
    Nelle24557089681 nellegamboa80@issue.mxdood.com 161.115.225.243
    2804:4:414:7800:939:6003:370:8 2804:4:414:7800:939:6003:370:8 120.40.130.70
    jerrellsommerlad100 jerrellsommerlad100@issue.mxdood.com 120.40.130.70
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    ValKeir684719806 valkeir50@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    kennethbleasdale8843 kennethbleasdale8843@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    GinoSison469 josephlopez508shcs@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.11.177
    MalloryBrush844 mallorybrush38@scene.muzaco.com 191.101.114.216
    MohammedParsons mohammedparsons36@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.54.4
    JakeIsaacs7 jake.jake27@tuheto.musicart.club 199.96.166.151
    2601:540:101:830:7840:91:57:898 2601:540:101:830:7840:91:57:898 120.40.130.70
    2001:7:80:26:203:27:7439:533 2001:7:80:26:203:27:7439:533 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:418:7500:4018:761:468:33 2001:8:418:7500:4018:761:468:33 120.40.130.70
    StaciaAgostini8 stacia.agostini9@4e55.denythedark.quest 23.236.239.223
    202:90:107:27:60:123:43:298 202:90:107:27:60:123:43:298 120.40.130.70
    Michele30W matthewjohnson4537nzbq@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.8.181
    CheryleDearborn cheryledearborn57@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    7891 7891@farironalds.com 120.40.130.70
    EmilieBodiford emiliebodiford@fdbb.biopsynetwork.store 23.236.239.235
    2804:2984:9516:00:979:1:52:87 2804:2984:9516:00:979:1:52:87 120.40.130.70
    vagahoc175 vagahoc175@slotbeer.com 120.40.130.70
    ha.m.i.k.i.ko.7.77 ha.m.i.k.i.ko.7.77@gmail.com 172.69.135.14
    DeloresOgilvie3 laquitasci91@gmx.com 45.84.107.17
    DeloresOgilvie3 laquitasci91@gmx.com 45.84.107.47
    remontbytex remontbytex@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 178.20.44.82
    2001:7:80:514:541:774:5:990 2001:7:80:514:541:774:5:990 120.40.130.70
    Maegan desertqueeen760@gmail.com 2603:8001:0:2160:4:64:76:6497
    JeannettePrindle jeannetteprindle49@these.veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    GenevaMullaly3 genevamullaly98@trick.veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    barbaraanderson381gghd barbaraanderson381gghd@c.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.132.62