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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 - 4 May 2026 5:08 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,188
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:3100:5835:600:917:28:22:68 202:3100:5835:600:917:28:22:68 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5835:600:917:28:22:68 202:3100:5835:600:917:28:22:68 120.40.130.70
    dorthyblacklock1283 dorthyblacklock1283@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    202:1811:532:900:6:506:32:8 202:1811:532:900:6:506:32:8 120.40.130.70
    emeryhebblethwaite414 emeryhebblethwaite414@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.143
    kellibradshaw kellibradshaw@51tiemo.com 172.71.158.69
    202:1811:532:900:6:506:32:8 202:1811:532:900:6:506:32:8 120.40.130.70
    SAAFred3902481 fredestes2562@topemailerdomain.shop 192.40.95.102
    LorenPadilla2 georgettamathieu@hotbird.giize.com 152.89.128.1
    CathrynPalmersto georgettamathieu@hotbird.giize.com 216.158.192.229
    AracelisKieran juliatorrens3880@anonmails.de 89.124.94.93
    robertmuh robertmuh@mail.ru 185.207.138.78
    JulianaRhea85 myrtleleila@solstris.com 191.101.114.220
    shawna.sverjensky12 shawna.sverjensky12@3a83.rshrthertherth.net 104.22.17.127
    pfrrfgmqek pfrrfgmqek@rambler.ru 156.243.221.59
    mncqzrsdhm mncqzrsdhm@rambler.ru 170.168.153.89
    202:1810:114:1500:819:64:705:53 202:1810:114:1500:819:64:705:53 120.40.130.70
    RobertBond depressed.hummingbird.gsst@hidingmail.net 79.127.185.216
    202:46:172:0:35:3256:3:376 202:46:172:0:35:3256:3:376 120.40.130.70
    pazcgfx pazcgfx@fndgkx.ru 86.110.209.62
    202:1808:47:789:521:9874:98:8 202:1808:47:789:521:9874:98:8 120.40.130.70
    romaprohorovkj9298 romaprohorovkj9298@rambler.ru 152.232.72.45
    EffieKnf796 effieyates46@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.212
    etpfedjrqh etpfedjrqh@rambler.ru 79.127.175.88
    xdsk68reof xdsk68reof@roulette-analyser.com 162.158.167.133
    202:3100:5835:600:320:89:92:1 202:3100:5835:600:320:89:92:1 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5835:600:320:89:92:1 202:3100:5835:600:320:89:92:1 120.40.130.70
    Gazerrr03 dongqizhi2003@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    202:1808:43:5:099:834:9399:31 202:1808:43:5:099:834:9399:31 120.40.130.70
    CarsonRooke195 carsonrooke55@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.9
    vdkvvuegxp vdkvvuegxp@rambler.ru 79.127.175.88
    mikhcpcdpn mikhcpcdpn@rambler.ru 79.127.175.88
    jenniferthomson10457hms7 jenniferthomson10457hms7@c.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.23.193
    ban bernardarias56@gmail.com 2001:861:500:9310:8::5250:658
    georgettapigott georgettapigott@pecinan.net 172.71.154.179
    xlctzjhnsc xlctzjhnsc@rambler.ru 79.127.175.88
    florida-bancks florida-bancks@fpstipscentral.xyz 104.22.20.142
    202:3033:267:46:624:112:307:252 202:3033:267:46:624:112:307:252 120.40.130.70
    margheritadobie74 margheritadobie74@more.codepb.com 5.181.131.183
    joe joe@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    shipping shipping@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    mcarlow mcarlow@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    XDKInge434681285 ingebiddlecombe86@trick.veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    thudson thudson@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    lolly lolly@skywardhub.online 104.22.20.142
    hr hr@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
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    miquel-miquel24 miquel-miquel24@yuvoye.floor.casa 172.71.154.178
    NorbertoShirk norbertoshirk19@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.55.20
    tan503 tan503@ak.gy 198.46.170.114
    agrofield agrofield@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    ioningopt ioningopt@ak.gy 172.245.193.209
    cathy-graves44 cathy-graves44@feedback.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    stanton-sleigh70 stanton-sleigh70@mailus.thewisetransfer.click 172.71.154.179
    mcarlow mcarlow@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    msmith msmith@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    hr hr@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    SONJustina justinakingsmill33@nor.mxdood.com 196.198.13.252
    patriciataylor28197xnv patriciataylor28197xnv@f.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.158.68
    joe joe@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    FatimaCadle8993 fatimacadle35@.mxdood.com 223.29.254.56
    GustavoStaley gustavostaley27@toy.pettin.com 196.196.254.218
    WilmerHeinrich4 wilmerheinrich26@pound.milkgg.com 196.198.13.205
    VPIVictoria rpop-test96@giacarearing.tk 157.22.124.53
    kimberly.kimberly kimberly.kimberly@zupime.mail202.info 172.69.134.83
    ShaynaWhatley2 hwalucio@solstris.com 181.215.16.161
    philipp-sheil2780 philipp-sheil2780@tiptopmail.top 104.22.20.143
    202:03:825:900:287:42:78:184 202:03:825:900:287:42:78:184 120.40.130.70
    Elmo00M266 elmoarchdall47@deny.milkgg.com 103.221.232.103
    OPWJamal05272 brandyhose@b.cr.cloudns.asia 103.204.111.142
    KattieHaddad14 kattiehaddad23@put.pettin.com 191.101.114.223
    Shaunb fpierce772@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    HelaineLeverett michaelwilliams3722yr25@gsasearchengineranker.supp 192.126.206.113
    earnest-earnest59 earnest-earnest59@kujoku.dmail.fit 104.22.17.126
    annie-annie15 annie-annie15@jupoje.floor.casa 172.69.134.82