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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 - 22 Jun 2026 12:04 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,905
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    mrmrvans mrmrvans@t-online.de 146.19.125.67
    2001:10:797:7300:77:419:23:6662 2001:10:797:7300:77:419:23:6662 120.40.130.70
    malcolm-malcolm malcolm-malcolm@giciti.pos.coupons 172.71.154.178
    vitalia.zueva vitalia.zueva@hava.ru 109.252.176.167
    202:020:546:5786::65::35 202:020:546:5786::65::35 120.40.130.70
    200:20:635:398:944:90:49:536 200:20:635:398:944:90:49:536 120.40.130.70
    Kermit03S9 kermitschumacher35@trick.veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    dewaynemauger98 dewaynemauger98@7473.thomasin.online 104.22.17.126
    merkt merkt@cialis-otc.com 5.164.209.69
    verlamauer verlamauer@buybm.one 104.22.17.127
    InesIngalls inesingalls9321@emailplusinbox.shop 68.192.53.20
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    antonkitahi antonkitahi@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    202:2788:34:3:83:49:11:8849 202:2788:34:3:83:49:11:8849 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    VirgieStrahan tedtia@solstris.com 191.101.114.101
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marcellaigo3338 marcellaigo3338@anonmails.de 45.134.183.206
    shanivalenzuela99 shanivalenzuela99@frog.claxyn.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8925:6200:8922:3:160:38 202:03:8925:6200:8922:3:160:38 120.40.130.70
    GustavoBresnahan wradxlyt6mbr90@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.118
    BrianneBarron wfoardere52r90@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.217
    202:03:94:7500:5::59:1 202:03:94:7500:5::59:1 120.40.130.70
    lindseylindsey lindseylindsey@faguye.polka.fit 104.22.20.142
    Hermine7203 kathrynreed@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    martinarashad martinarashad@veauly.com 172.69.135.14
    hiddeninsight999 hiddeninsight999@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    margaretadebernales1 margaretadebernales1@discard.email 104.22.20.143
    Dapaya112 demetriu@thiefness.com 138.199.35.200
    JoeChute285182 wborujoktr90@nestmailbox.com 67.215.230.97
    casgogo251 casgogo251@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8450:00:1:3:34: 202:03:8450:00:1:3:34: 120.40.130.70
    casgogo251 casgogo251@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8450:00:1:3:34: 202:03:8450:00:1:3:34: 120.40.130.70
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 104.22.20.143
    vgrbrrfhcf vgrbrrfhcf@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:690:9600:83:356:938:51 202:1810:690:9600:83:356:938:51 120.40.130.70
    translations.vattenfall translations.vattenfall@acolad.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:860:8601::8138:258:23 202:03:860:8601::8138:258:23 120.40.130.70
    2001:67:60:0:192:42:116:17 2001:67:60:0:192:42:116:17 120.40.130.70
    testtester ottoburney@yahoo.com 90.194.60.117
    202:03:874:400:59:57:858:116 202:03:874:400:59:57:858:116 120.40.130.70
    HalleySoubeiran halleysoubeiran94@list.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.40
    mick mick@plus8.com 212.185.66.17
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:664:444:80:26:55:31
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:670:156:491:630:7:148
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:6:422:7401:343:73:41
    steve-ransom9305 steve-ransom9305@cryptobosscasino04.com 72.56.188.246
    OuidaAsche jenniferwilson6215hw60@b.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.79.114
    vadim36571 vadim36571@casinotds.xyz 31.56.98.58
    mick mick@plus8.com 38.129.19.52
    mick mick@plus8.com 2605:880:6:422:48:473:6520:50
    mick mick@plus8.com 24.114.25.24
    mick mick@plus8.com 195.68.61.213
    202:1810:418:9900:997:4:11:622 202:1810:418:9900:997:4:11:622 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8880:100:10::2920:23 202:03:8880:100:10::2920:23 120.40.130.70
    TammieErdmann tammieerdmann7@toy.pettin.com 102.165.55.164
    uygar1902 uygar1902@windowslive.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8880:100:10::2920:23 202:03:8880:100:10::2920:23 120.40.130.70
    o.ma.saci.p14 o.ma.saci.p14@gmail.com 104.22.20.142
    WilliamsWilton williamswilton39@fast.veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    2600:110:4583:200:446:1:7:46 2600:110:4583:200:446:1:7:46 120.40.130.70
    willafernie willafernie@spambog.com 104.22.17.126
    KennithCusia szgfzbrn@fuhrenmail.com 64.31.3.126