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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 - 10 Feb 2026 7:01 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,302
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    alexeytoay8742 alexeytoay@hotmail.com 176.48.116.61
    banglasyandextay2770 banglasyandextay@gmail.com 176.48.116.61
    kupit-dzhenerik-sialis-40mg.ru kupit-dzhenerik-sialis-40mg.ru@gmail.com 172.71.158.68
    oxim.us7.7.7ido.h.j.78.eu.9 oxim.us7.7.7ido.h.j.78.eu.9@gmail.com 162.158.167.36
    calin.tamas calin.tamas@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    QuincyBrunning4 quincybrunning14@cool.muzaco.com 191.101.114.210
    donate donate@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    hiltonmayer3164 hiltonmayer3164@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    sarahmartin1 sarahmartin1@live.com.au 147.161.215.28
    KerrieSturdee kerriesturdee.9024@pertomail.top 80.71.159.69
    ShawnValdes6 se.n.j.u.tama.5.8.8@gmail.com 43.245.32.188
    ZacheryBorovansk se.nj.ut.am.a588@gmail.com 43.245.32.188
    RetaValazquez7 s.en.ju.tama5.88@gmail.com 43.245.32.188
    TimmyGerber0276 timmygerber84@last.muzaco.com 191.96.252.137
    kimberleycoverdale7497 kimberleycoverdale7497@anonmails.de 172.71.158.68
    ftkiqpgq ftkiqpgq@legenmail.com 64.31.20.24
    SiobhanRefshauge victorinashackleton8771@anonmails.de 45.88.148.19
    LillianaH85 lillianaburbank1203@pertomail.top 80.71.159.199
    zithermourn zithermourn@gismail.online 46.8.213.112
    yjysdfbm yjysdfbm@duhastmail.com 64.31.20.24
    2001:162:34:6:8099:295:3387:91 2001:162:34:6:8099:295:3387:91 120.40.130.70
    agge.t.85h.ova.r.d. agge.t.85h.ova.r.d.@gmail.com 84.239.47.83
    greggjohann7047 greggjohann7047@hotrokh.com 104.22.20.178
    2804:168:801:69:157:78:22:5012 2804:168:801:69:157:78:22:5012 120.40.130.70
    OlgaStambaugh chun@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.108.76
    lymanlaf lot@gmail.com 185.201.139.192
    p.e.t.rta.ta.r.s.k.yhom.ewo.rk1.98.72.2.05 p.e.t.rta.ta.r.s.k.yhom.ewo.rk1.98.72.2.05@gmail.c 45.91.22.83
    nsfx nsfx@odr.com.ua (empty)
    Fliptizzquado fliptizz@smallbutnaughty.com 31.23.216.43
    GayCoote03 gay.gay62@kukozi.fckmail.online 65.111.15.108
    presales presales@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    GusNaranjo521 gusnaranjo44@list.cdfaq.com 191.96.95.184
    o.xi.mus77.76.x.9.6rt.0.t.b.t o.xi.mus77.76.x.9.6rt.0.t.b.t@gmail.com 162.158.167.35
    WillyAnnunziata ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 223.29.254.74
    astancu astancu@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    spaux spaux@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    weekend weekend@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    kage kage@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    SophiaHilder542 sophia.hilder@8123.wefixsofteners.com 154.13.203.28
    MichalakAleksandra aleksandramichalakalek51@gmail.com 154.16.49.86
    ConcettaFerrer concettaferrer8@self.ehomu.com 196.240.254.131
    pet.rta.t.ar.s.kyh.omew.o.r.k1.98722.0.5. pet.rta.t.ar.s.kyh.omew.o.r.k1.98722.0.5.@gmail.co 104.22.20.179
    claybaskerville10 claybaskerville10@list.cdfaq.com 104.22.20.179
    LaurindaAsh73 laurinda.ash@6a20.wefixsofteners.com 66.93.99.74
    TKQChristian dotti@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.114.50
    CathyEvans216 louisadunn9158@mailmenot.io 46.8.10.200
    Ricky8331997984 woodrowbleau1115@discard.email 95.182.125.89
    bradleyoshea bradleyoshea@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.194
    vopaoew vopaoew@proton.me 170.247.220.154
    AurelioLlanas06 dessiecarla@solstris.com 191.101.250.194
    margueriteleonski3826 margueriteleonski3826@minhanhvpn.com 104.22.17.127
    scotrooke88 scotrooke88@3182.wefixsofteners.com 172.69.23.193
    OETYvonne151 yvonnedewitt99@keep.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.8
    LornaRanken85 lornaranken82@wild.ehomu.com 23.94.32.247
    laquita laquita@astroaxis.online 172.69.23.194
    STMMario8046882 margaritogarside4165@mailmenot.io 109.248.15.132
    Lenore07L28 janbeatriz@solstris.com 191.101.114.209
    opheliabeer opheliabeer@3c38.wefixsofteners.com 104.22.20.179
    FallonRobin8757 jackal-hassan350831vuo@seoautomationpro.com 104.129.39.149
    RudolfPflaum jenniferwhitty21@mailmenot.io 188.130.185.41
    2001:162:196:892:5649:285:417:853 2001:162:196:892:5649:285:417:853 120.40.130.70
    AmadoFender junkodwayne@solstris.com 102.165.55.182
    EulahHetrick75 hwalucio@solstris.com 107.175.152.81
    siporebench1986 siporebench1986@mailopenz.com 172.71.158.69
    b.a.ilbo.n.ds5.00 b.a.ilbo.n.ds5.00@gmail.com 162.158.167.35
    KayleighV92 charlesthomas7165t4d8@b.pattaya-mega.com 104.223.49.126
    crystle.parrott86 crystle.parrott86@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.69.23.193
    PJWNoemi413 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 191.101.114.210
    LyndaBittner0 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 196.242.114.40
    thomas.walker thomas.walker@jmailservice.com 120.40.130.70
    SaundraHill ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 191.101.92.16
    omerenyeart-9532 omerenyeart-9532@boxnetmail.my 216.41.233.198