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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 - 6 May 2026 5:19 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,192
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    200:20:20:502:804:2:747:92 200:20:20:502:804:2:747:92 120.40.130.70
    p.etr.ta.t.a.rsk.yh.o.mewo.r.k.19.8.72.205 p.etr.ta.t.a.rsk.yh.o.mewo.r.k.19.8.72.205@gmail.c 185.194.178.5
    brentsandlin brentsandlin@fodalawyer.top 107.174.232.198
    vnpnfzvyva vnpnfzvyva@rambler.ru 155.212.116.212
    zkmqrgglcEi zkmqrgglcEi@newera2026.site 89.124.123.74
    contact contact@datalite.ai 120.40.130.70
    aidencantu3952 aidencantu3952@brenlova.com 185.181.244.164
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    Rosario mirellasalmerongalcan@gmail.com 85.86.59.230
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    202:03:877:00:42:32:61:01 202:03:877:00:42:32:61:01 120.40.130.70
    stuarthowes73 stuarthowes73@b264.rshrthertherth.net 172.69.23.193
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    MoseNorthcutt8 mosenorthcutt9@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.67
    satoshi satoshideskz@proton.me 159.26.101.90
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
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    GenighGriffin gen@dentalflo.ai 2403:5819:8119:0:8:75:663:8
    EdithGrinder edithgrinder5@fiber.pettin.com 191.101.114.39
    2001:100:00:4700:1::3569:3 2001:100:00:4700:1::3569:3 120.40.130.70
    eks.x.666.x eks.x.666.x@gmail.com 2600:1010:1:765:0:4:584:3401
    202:1810:436:400:21:97:97:987 202:1810:436:400:21:97:97:987 120.40.130.70
    pe.trt.at.a.r.s.k.y.ho.m.ewor.k1987.22.05 pe.trt.at.a.r.s.k.y.ho.m.ewor.k1987.22.05@gmail.co 120.40.130.70
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    MichelleHumphrie michellehumphries32@nor.mxdood.com 196.196.254.113
    p.etr.ta.ta.rsk.yh.o.m.e.w.o.rk198.7.22.05. p.etr.ta.ta.rsk.yh.o.m.e.w.o.rk198.7.22.05.@gmail. 185.194.178.68
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    GermanTressler1 germantressler21@fast.veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    serviciojuridicocultura serviciojuridicocultura@malaga.eu 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:436:400:21:97:97:987 202:1810:436:400:21:97:97:987 120.40.130.70
    kamwoolls kamwoolls@tempr.email 162.158.167.134
    conservacion.mcnpicasso conservacion.mcnpicasso@malaga.eu 120.40.130.70
    dmitry8492 dmitry8492@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    philomenarobb philomenarobb@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.134
    ju.st.4dummies.guid.e ju.st.4dummies.guid.e@gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    HaroldI048 haroldstrock73@act.milkgg.com 196.196.254.131
    AdrianaWalston1 adrianawalston50@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    maksim3352 maksim3352@casinotds.xyz 149.202.84.95
    p.e.t.r.t.a.t.ars.kyh.o.mew.or.k.1.9.8.72.20.5 p.e.t.r.t.a.t.ars.kyh.o.mew.or.k.1.9.8.72.20.5@gma 104.22.20.142
    ShereeMuller8 hh@comicbrief.com 2602::30:86:42::67:94
    seleneshort seleneshort@thodianamdu.com. 136.158.10.172
    ShereeMuller8 hh@comicbrief.com 23.247.136.254
    barecloudfan joinmy10x10@proton.me 24.114.40.229
    stacy.stacy55 stacy.stacy55@vifaru.banter.cv 172.69.23.194
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    alexis-alexis1 alexis-alexis1@xowifi.fckmail.online 172.69.23.194
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    204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 204:4540:1607:100:325:248:641:2 120.40.130.70
    ivan.petrov296 ivan.petrov296@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    josemoore josemoore@rus-china.travel 172.69.23.194
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    vlkwlz64 vlkwlz64@aviator-game-best.com 120.40.130.70
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    thomasdarocha65 thomasdarocha65@ssinvestimentos.com 104.22.20.143
    jinacavill jinacavill@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.133
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    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 162.158.167.134
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    VanceDunshea vancedunshea50@fast.veauly.com 102.165.53.87
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    ArtEllzey40 artellzey92@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    ivan-fedorov ivan-fedorov@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    myrtleleila myrtleleila@solstris.com 162.158.167.133
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