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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 2:42 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,999
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bangladeshcyberdefence bangladeshcyberdefence@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    CharleneKraegen carmelmusser8682@anonmails.de 78.138.127.62
    angelinathomsen8040 angelinathomsen8040@trashmailr.com 172.69.23.194
    UGERowena1 shayladrury1524@anonmails.de 46.8.23.231
    IsaacShackleton hwalucio@solstris.com 191.96.252.54
    mercedeskling7124 mercedeskling7124@anonmails.de 104.22.20.179
    markhamblen markhamblen@zoomaslots-fortune.top 72.56.159.192
    joycebutler1921 joycebutler1921@subprofessfml.com 172.69.134.211
    CFRRobyn37260164 rpop-test89@pocebo.ga 5.255.113.177
    2001:68:544:586:187:1:980:5 2001:68:544:586:187:1:980:5 120.40.130.70
    202:8206:65:1800:98:88:92:254 202:8206:65:1800:98:88:92:254 120.40.130.70
    MohamedSifford mohamed.mohamed50@sigute.pretoria.pro 209.50.167.227
    EdmundoCrist62 arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.242.178.166
    luki.n.o.vi.ch20.22.1.3.55 luki.n.o.vi.ch20.22.1.3.55@gmail.com 172.71.154.179
    maryhernandez5027eqjw maryhernandez5027eqjw@welcometotijuana.com 38.154.93.200
    KandisGarth0 junkodwayne@solstris.com 191.101.114.209
    202:1810:1417:6300:606:23:8832:743 202:1810:1417:6300:606:23:8832:743 120.40.130.70
    202:448::0:10:5844:56:138 202:448::0:10:5844:56:138 120.40.130.70
    2605:440:40:1531:0:6:1587:1 2605:440:40:1531:0:6:1587:1 120.40.130.70
    202:454:91:0:757:1344:756:201 202:454:91:0:757:1344:756:201 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    arielBelay arielBelay@canadianpharmacylist.com 37.139.53.10
    leifdhage55 leifdhage55@cool.muzaco.com 172.69.134.210
    a.gge.t.8.5.h.o.va.rd a.gge.t.8.5.h.o.va.rd@gmail.com (empty)
    CarriHarris rpop-test98@feiprovbearslis.cf 170.168.243.236
    2601:243:302:6510:8437:4740:4443:77 2601:243:302:6510:8437:4740:4443:77 120.40.130.70
    juicerosy frankkristc@gmail.com 198.177.254.131
    wilburboelter wilburboelter@pvcb.lol 104.22.17.126
    DrewVasquez richardmartinez6322drw9@budgetthailandtravel.com 129.212.98.195
    rheadaugherty rheadaugherty@mailcatch.com 104.22.20.179
    LeopoldoLamontag juliennedakota@solstris.com 23.94.5.35
    DoyleZ735805804 davidal-rashid981346j0x@c.seoautomationpro.com 192.126.168.208
    SunnyOppen sunny-sunny@bisade.pokemonica.online 45.3.39.188
    BarbLush6145580 hwalucio@solstris.com 23.95.204.221
    ajacobs ajacobs@cfl.rr.com 204:441:3605:::819:
    oliveerb8919 oliveerb8919@pow-pows.com 172.71.158.69
    mpzi7jg3c8b mpzi7jg3c8b@5818888.com 104.22.17.126
    ajacobs ajacobs@cfl.rr.com 204:441:7003:20::33:0
    elisebuttenshaw-2460 elisebuttenshaw-2460@cryptoboss-zerkaloss.top 172.71.154.179
    agge.t85ho.v.ar.d agge.t85ho.v.ar.d@gmail.com 84.239.47.73
    LillieNewhouse chun@awsome-gadgets.com 192.241.85.153
    gemmadunn gemmadunn@nanatha.academy 196.18.175.43
    jessicamartinez74384asj jessicamartinez74384asj@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.127
    VeraMascorro7 veramascorro52@past.pettin.com 152.89.128.145
    hulda.seal45 hulda.seal45@4521.rshrthertherth.net 162.158.167.36
    DeaneNum gzonbybkqm@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    AlisiaAguiar3 michaeljones95147vbc@c.welcometotijuana.com 192.126.141.159
    2001:68:541:689:11:91:2685:97 2001:68:541:689:11:91:2685:97 120.40.130.70
    2001:162:01:641:813:35:3157:24 2001:162:01:641:813:35:3157:24 120.40.130.70
    LenoreShef marcelinopereira7120@nhumaitravel.com 159.65.0.126
    caleb calebmoni86@gmail.com 154.159.237.237
    Samual9417 samualcoleman95@mode.ehomu.com 196.242.178.167
    MilesBradshaw milesbradshaw57@river.muzaco.com 196.240.143.182
    SaraZahel873 sarazahel64@panel.cdfaq.com 191.101.250.73
    MauricioWindsor mauriciowindsor59@four.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.207.155
    danieljones7968512g danieljones7968512g@verifiedlinklist.com 38.154.93.199
    leilanigrills leilanigrills@mailmenot.io 94.176.85.8
    hueywestfall5942 hueywestfall5942@backlinkswp.com 172.71.158.68
    hazel.ledbetter hazel.ledbetter@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.69.134.210
    olgagoldberg6304 olgagoldberg6304@spambog.com 172.71.154.179
    KristiPfeiffer anthonyjohnson2008pjv2@b.welcometotijuana.com 192.126.141.22
    marshallthurgood4265 marshallthurgood4265@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    202:8108:8125:100:388:91:79:4 202:8108:8125:100:388:91:79:4 120.40.130.70
    ArielleSar aidanmoon1955@0815.ru 152.32.213.178
    advertise advertise@arch20.me 198.23.170.250
    GilbertBunning gilbertbunning37@three.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.191.199
    202:810:121:1600:85:82:05:03 202:810:121:1600:85:82:05:03 120.40.130.70
    jbmjhrhuzx jbmjhrhuzx@rambler.ru 121.127.46.69