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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 - 23 Aug 2026 4:23 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,720
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LisaSoukup12914 christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    rz rz@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    perzwlysuKn perzwlysuKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ImogeneMcc karenrodriguez4925k50x@swartluxury258.com 217.60.121.228
    Jessica_56 orifro@mailkolnet.com 94.23.25.75
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    eleanorecockle eleanorecockle@1mail.x24hr.com 23.19.248.77
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DavidGAl pawubale892@gmail.com 104.23.170.130
    202:208:1304:800:246:7:5976:94 202:208:1304:800:246:7:5976:94 120.40.130.70
    WalkerServ walkerservin70@gribel.orvionix.eu 23.81.80.245
    diana diana@i.customketodiet.clinic 24.152.37.60
    newbloghi243 newbloghi243@blogranks.top 2.57.23.36
    sonia-fortier1894 sonia-fortier1894@ru.contributor.website 193.29.99.4
    stevenhernandez530735iy stevenhernandez530735iy@a.verifiedlinklist.com 156.230.199.35
    iwrqnvahcMi iwrqnvahcMi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    andra.winton18 andra.winton18@858e.novagroup.biz 23.19.82.152
    2gererffds 2gererffds@anonmails.de 104.207.47.113
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    remontbytex remontbytex@yandex.ru 85.174.180.218
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    qxltcswquen qxltcswquen@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    Jessica6460 jessicacomer84@these.veauly.com 223.29.254.158
    byytgnuxzMi byytgnuxzMi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    gnsylwvaqMi gnsylwvaqMi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    jennifergonzalez6440kw8j jennifergonzalez6440kw8j@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 120.40.130.70
    JuanCarlos juancarlospm66@gmail.com 91.126.42.102
    jennifer.niccoinneach jennifer.niccoinneach@protonmail.ch 120.40.130.70
    ajwdpyjgnMl ajwdpyjgnMl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    shalandagencarelli-holtze shalandagencarelli-holtze@healthypplevery.org 72.14.92.8
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nvwpyqzsjMl nvwpyqzsjMl@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    UJZBritt000 brittmonsen19@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    disclosure disclosure@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    johndavis59397ay8 johndavis59397ay8@backlinks.monster 217.60.161.230
    kwhinnery kwhinnery@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    ohttwzbmren ohttwzbmren@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    bpscwykdopa bpscwykdopa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    tawannahincks-gitorri tawannahincks-gitorri@healthypplevery.org 72.14.95.78
    prkidmyogMi prkidmyogMi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    dzquvaca dzquvaca@ishowfirstmail.com 120.40.130.70
    xqeguunpcpa xqeguunpcpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    john.r.weathersby john.r.weathersby@gmai.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    wuaspoboiPt wuaspoboiPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tonystouchproduction+k7 tonystouchproduction+k7@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    zahaleynro zahaleynro@vip.163.com 68.71.245.206
    rlgfzjrpupa rlgfzjrpupa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dyotinozjPt dyotinozjPt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    TristaMcKim8 williamwilson5208s9fr@gsasearchengineranker.com 38.154.56.78
    PatriciaHensman patriciahensman26@deny.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    BenFenbury45 benfenbury42@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.60
    MackenzieS dani@b.stopstress.shop 181.214.80.149
    hueybickford hueybickford@megaposty.com 167.233.65.225
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    960494812 960494812@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    lindseytil lindseytillman-1234@dinadvokat.com 149.71.56.164
    Tanya17F94 tanyabarbee35@nervain.nexanta.eu 154.3.135.142
    mayaal-farid73040rjfk mayaal-farid73040rjfk@d.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SaundraBaldridge saundrabaldridge14@panel.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.184
    SarahBmh404 sarahbarrallier65@among.ehomu.com 154.16.69.250
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    s.a.m.s.d.r.yw.a.l.l.s.and.i.e.g.o. s.a.m.s.d.r.yw.a.l.l.s.and.i.e.g.o.@gmail.com 216.73.161.74
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SoniaIcely731 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 196.198.13.152
    theresa659 theresaotis1097@vastonlinesolution.com 38.43.254.35
    ChristoperLakela janbeatriz@solstris.com 102.165.54.227
    RoxannaBruce8 roxannabruce82@wisetransferhubs.click 139.180.224.133
    eprovbelwha eprovbelwha@mail.ru 10.42.206.17
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70