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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 - 13 Jun 2026 6:27 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,292
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1810:439:600::98:1562:02 202:1810:439:600::98:1562:02 120.40.130.70
    Mozelle0709 mozellelarue16@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.4
    cara.buvelot cara.buvelot@support.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    rootxran rootxran@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    202:1810:439:600::98:1562:02 202:1810:439:600::98:1562:02 120.40.130.70
    JadeErickson jadeerickson29@list.cdfaq.com 181.215.16.219
    202:1810:439:600::98:1562:02 202:1810:439:600::98:1562:02 120.40.130.70
    ElishaBilliot37 delphiabarnet8588@adult-work.info 23.236.172.122
    202:03:870:201:870:892:856:96 202:03:870:201:870:892:856:96 120.40.130.70
    k....e....i........t......h...y.2.a.rterb.erryrl k....e....i........t......h...y.2.a.rterb.erryrl@g 120.40.130.70
    zzywrcpb zzywrcpb@bekommenmail.com 162.158.166.226
    202:03:870:201:870:892:856:96 202:03:870:201:870:892:856:96 120.40.130.70
    2620:121:5042:50:310:: 2620:121:5042:50:310:: 120.40.130.70
    DelorasBentham9 delorasbentham74@cool.muzaco.com 181.215.16.216
    ulavar ulavar@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:130:12:176:6:201:322 202:1808:130:12:176:6:201:322 120.40.130.70
    jame.pom.5 jame.pom.5@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    patrick.rye.75 patrick.rye.75@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    Bruce19765 williamjones9194qe03@d.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.151.14
    takeshixiv takeshixiv@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    fleetinmotion fleetinmotion@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    abigoven.vandrhall abigoven.vandrhall@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    runawaytrain runawaytrain@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    ed.martz.095 ed.martz.095@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    lydiaj8889 lydia.bicheno@linkalexis4d.com 102.165.53.185
    LeonardLibitz LeonardLibitz@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    Robertindix komarovpashawe1892@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    artgtan artgtan@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    constan.theodule constan.theodule@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    OwlsGuild OwlsGuild@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    brtknr brtknr@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    thjnh.dao thjnh.dao@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    gugylop gugylop@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    MorrisFub pawubale892@gmail.com 104.23.166.46
    marcus.satka marcus.satka@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    davidoconnorfrederick davidoconnorfrederick@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    HansValenti4366 hansvalenti20@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.254
    matthias.widmann matthias.widmann@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    xavier.c.coleman xavier.c.coleman@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tony.moran.5872 tony.moran.5872@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    BessRicci05500 bessricci79@toy.pettin.com 196.196.254.131
    james.hawkwind james.hawkwind@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    paul.schiller.9235 paul.schiller.9235@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    mr.alan.chan mr.alan.chan@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    junamlos junamlos@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    martindelbrueck martindelbrueck@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    zdrastuyte.brat zdrastuyte.brat@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    merry.moose merry.moose@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    phoose phoose@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    macintmac macintmac@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 104.22.20.198
    godkeytub godkeytub@ak.gy 120.40.130.70
    ashly-haller83 ashly-haller83@2c57.ahplumbingnc.club 213.170.223.49
    ulimanske ulimanske@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    belllahblu belllahblu@mail.ru 85.26.165.215
    202:03:8747:00:626:84:9522:3138 202:03:8747:00:626:84:9522:3138 120.40.130.70
    CurtisBurris5 curtisburris41@act.milkgg.com 191.101.114.223
    202:8071:5160:100:15:1623:7:419 202:8071:5160:100:15:1623:7:419 120.40.130.70
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 172.69.23.142
    nikolayy-shevcov nikolayy-shevcov@mail.ru 162.158.167.132
    anthony.seebaran anthony.seebaran@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    mlonanlout1985 mlonanlout1985@mail.ru 104.22.17.197
    ASALatasha josephmartinez40579kbs@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 192.126.134.182
    eruditusgroup eruditusgroup@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    nikolaii-shevcov nikolaii-shevcov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    apnaqua apnaqua@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    AlissaScheffler christophermiller1665ksy4@b.gsasearchengineranker. 196.51.151.14
    brokenthumbsup brokenthumbsup@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    rykov.a.s rykov.a.s@mail.ru 85.26.165.215