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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 Dec 2025 4:05 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,215
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2804:70:779:134:2892:2:23:7 2804:70:779:134:2892:2:23:7 120.40.130.70
    elinortric k.jovic.sophi.ac.l.au.dia@gmail.com 171.234.8.168
    olegzaluri olegzaluri@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    uvi.da.t.i.v.e.ne.88 uvi.da.t.i.v.e.ne.88@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    2001:0:432:5876:503:3:93:132 2001:0:432:5876:503:3:93:132 120.40.130.70
    selenaloyd5723 selenaloyd5723@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    2604:880:4:10::294:3000 2604:880:4:10::294:3000 120.40.130.70
    GeriDuigan1 hersheltunbridge3272@anonmails.de 78.138.127.62
    info info@digital-x-press.com 120.40.130.70
    christine.gangloff-ziegler christine.gangloff-ziegler@uha.fr 120.40.130.70
    fe.do.r.mu.t.a.nis fe.do.r.mu.t.a.nis@gmail.com 172.69.134.211
    ila ila@i.cosmicbridge.site 198.20.188.73
    yolandaomeara7159 yolandaomeara7159@emailchief.website 172.71.159.137
    stephainedebavay3526 stephainedebavay3526@tempr.email 170.130.178.46
    BufordSage8 donniegoldstein@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    olbravsufpa1985 olbravsufpa1985@op.pl 162.158.167.44
    202:1810:9420:00:28:5518:73:1 202:1810:9420:00:28:5518:73:1 120.40.130.70
    z.a.m.o.k.p.etr.ovs.ky2.023 z.a.m.o.k.p.etr.ovs.ky2.023@gmail.com 84.17.52.67
    spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.datrandom-10-100 spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.datrandom-10-100 162.158.167.44
    OliviaCloutier9 wcagnonigpr70@nestmailbox.com 45.33.157.102
    2001:0:4161:469:151:9:59:8 2001:0:4161:469:151:9:59:8 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9420:00:28:5518:73:1 202:1810:9420:00:28:5518:73:1 120.40.130.70
    link2Met link22@93rus.myjino.ru 2400:6180:0:2:0:2:66:0
    umiuhiy umiuhiy@kartenmansd.com 158.69.119.14
    ericcamarena88 ericcamarena88@print.veauly.com 64.188.11.177
    kourtneycurnow26 kourtneycurnow26@dia.vexint.com 104.22.20.195
    2001:0:471:675:8009:980:53:408 2001:0:471:675:8009:980:53:408 120.40.130.70
    laurindaflick21 laurindaflick21@67ba.catche1.com 172.69.22.194
    leonorflanagan217 leonorflanagan217@fpsrealm.xyz 196.240.105.31
    ukiutebij ukiutebij@mailcorplrtgood.com 54.39.18.217
    spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.datrandom-10-100 spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.datrandom-10-100 139.28.219.30
    2001:0:5744:251:216:384:506:33 2001:0:5744:251:216:384:506:33 120.40.130.70
    torstendyring4815 torstendyring4815@anonmails.de 77.94.1.40
    zsophiajnro3102 zsophiajnro@163.com 167.99.124.118
    bigwillie bigwillie@mail.ru 92.36.1.22
    o.m.as.a.cip14 o.m.as.a.cip14@gmail.com 162.158.167.44
    robertwilson2010 robertwilson2010@agrostolfml.com 149.88.18.28
    spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.dat.random-10-10 spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.dat.random-10-10 172.69.134.210
    FlorianZaleski9 alexiscushman@anonmails.de 45.147.192.154
    Jasontep karinaplatonova31068@mail.ru 35.209.198.222
    spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.dat spinfile-names.datspinfile-lnames.dat@gmail.com 172.71.159.138
    lettielyster.9789 lettielyster.9789@fpsrealm.xyz 172.71.159.138
    spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.dat spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.dat@gmail.com 172.69.22.195
    2001:0:41:48:340:94:3228:420 2001:0:41:48:340:94:3228:420 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5584:9::064:075:570 2001:0:5584:9::064:075:570 120.40.130.70
    BeckyBoudreaux5 insertyouremails@gmail.com 107.175.151.90
    2001:0:481:586:943:431:73:385 2001:0:481:586:943:431:73:385 120.40.130.70
    z.am.o.k.pe.t.ro.v.sky.2.023 z.am.o.k.pe.t.ro.v.sky.2.023@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    christal.bidwell9989 christal.bidwell9989@fishingpalmbeach.com 103.219.21.2
    RileyRxv8857037 erinknotts4621@anonmails.de 45.15.237.154
    pilarpasco pilarpasco@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.178
    WHMDewayne carolebarreto4043@anonmails.de 141.98.133.217
    leilanitrevascus leilanitrevascus@asia.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.126
    athenaq33 kj.o.vi.csop.hiac.l.au.dia@gmail.com 171.234.8.168
    2001:0:481:9624:51:60::4888 2001:0:481:9624:51:60::4888 120.40.130.70
    202:80:4221:8506:586:21:40:39 202:80:4221:8506:586:21:40:39 120.40.130.70
    2408:8722:1810:103:3:: 2408:8722:1810:103:3:: 120.40.130.70
    JamesMorris neolofts@icloud.com 82.132.234.19
    2001:0:5302:5:443:715:40:961 2001:0:5302:5:443:715:40:961 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:437:1:209:194:66:50 2001:0:437:1:209:194:66:50 120.40.130.70
    ikuawgovu ikuawgovu@kartenmansd.com 158.69.119.14
    MerlinMesserly3 merlinmesserly5350@openlandguide.xyz 165.231.98.13
    2001:0:511:43:436:274:61:56 2001:0:511:43:436:274:61:56 120.40.130.70
    2409:854:1841:200:50:: 2409:854:1841:200:50:: 120.40.130.70
    20:698:500:13:441:94:8:67 20:698:500:13:441:94:8:67 120.40.130.70
    javier-honey9246 javier-honey9246@andro-players.com 23.27.197.47
    edwinnettleton edwinnettleton@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.137
    TaraMadison4 taramadison@championslots-level.top 149.126.222.5
    2001:0:438:68:418:21:85:227 2001:0:438:68:418:21:85:227 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23thach xrumer23thach@gmail.com 42.119.154.44
    VirgilRosenhain virgil.rosenhain@strategyinsights.xyz 196.242.178.40
    2001:0:471:45:13:63:10:67 2001:0:471:45:13:63:10:67 120.40.130.70