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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 - 7 Jul 2026 11:45 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,569
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    carltonbonilla72 carltonbonilla72@no.mxdood.com 104.22.20.142
    christalpokorny4008 christalpokorny4008@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.135.13
    advertising advertising@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    1a25f8ad-cad2-4e93-b5bf-34e42bcac02a 1a25f8ad-cad2-4e93-b5bf-34e42bcac02a@185.158.133.1 120.40.130.70
    WendellPhilipp3 wendell-philipp-1482@tellix.xyz 152.44.107.63
    williamwilson8490bj1g williamwilson8490bj1g@b.resorts-in-asia.com 38.154.83.4
    l.inks8.9.ma.s.t. l.inks8.9.ma.s.t.@gmail.com 5.189.203.139
    DickGreig246245 markjackson32061dy7@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 38.154.117.114
    SoniaStradbroke yjfvpzjq@fuhrenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    ThereseBtw therese-devereaux@e.lovepettoys.shop 186.65.113.191
    eduardo.eduardo eduardo.eduardo@rekomo.cleanmail.online 120.40.130.70
    leoniewolken leoniewolken@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.22.86
    MonicaDeschamps monicadeschamps2547@b.lovepettoys.shop 23.236.193.133
    german.fajardo german.fajardo@sanfer.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    donate donate@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    JuanLavallie05 marymoore1392fmvu@b.mustdoindubai.com 38.154.117.65
    DonnieMarquis5 susanthomas1134ildu@a.gsavps.xyz 192.126.197.225
    DerekZgv685 ox.imus777.o5.d.l.m3.rt9.q@gmail.com 45.91.20.12
    mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3 mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    MayaCrain4376 elizabethmiller950li8@d.blog-stuff.com 152.232.106.32
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Nichole86I donalddavis1948rkjq@c.welcometotijuana.com 192.126.197.148
    kaitlynrehfisch kaitlynrehfisch@anonmails.de 95.182.124.59
    renatocuevas-5306 renatocuevas-5306@wordspacemail.com 172.69.22.86
    shenna-harney shenna-harney@booi777glory.top 162.158.167.121
    202:442:627:0:8632:413:892:27 202:442:627:0:8632:413:892:27 120.40.130.70
    je.anpau.ll.a.w.4. je.anpau.ll.a.w.4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1005:182:24:0::485:401 2600:1005:182:24:0::485:401 120.40.130.70
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    DollyFosbery dollyfosbery@ramenbetslots-win.top 72.56.191.252
    2806:20:1060:10:20:9924:290:83 2806:20:1060:10:20:9924:290:83 120.40.130.70
    202:1811:445:900:3462:49:8:6922 202:1811:445:900:3462:49:8:6922 120.40.130.70
    onishchenkomaria onishchenkomaria@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    joymaxwell8147 joymaxwell8147@spambog.com 162.158.167.122
    german.fajardo german.fajardo@sanfer.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    2001:43:7801:00:60:3:0:67 2001:43:7801:00:60:3:0:67 120.40.130.70
    wilmacroteau81 wilmacroteau81@corrective.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AntonettaTurpin davidjones2539xt4a@seoautomationpro.online 145.223.57.251
    jeniferlawry76 jeniferlawry76@slgdaily.xyz 104.22.17.127
    Frederick4582 frederickhateley70@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 72.57.65.57
    sallie-grimm sallie-grimm@emailgsa7.xyz 172.71.154.166
    romandoxomo romandoxomo@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    elizabethmiller74689aqc elizabethmiller74689aqc@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.135.14
    wildafredrick wildafredrick@emailgsa2.xyz 172.71.158.114
    2601:846:780:490:558:55:42:2 2601:846:780:490:558:55:42:2 120.40.130.70
    jb86 jb86@127.0.0.1 120.40.130.70
    stevie stevie@seoneo.app 172.69.22.86
    DeidreK80085 jessicarodriguez859955m1@b.gsasearchengineranker.c 196.51.20.51
    ilene.mcmurray44 ilene.mcmurray44@corrective.51tiemo.com 195.63.19.128
    DennyKulakowski christophermartinez99644xnh@c.verifiedlinklist.com 40.27.108.34
    ChristinMary jessicataylor7007k35j@b.travel-e-store.com 40.27.108.34
    2001:100:03:800:10:4227:808:30 2001:100:03:800:10:4227:808:30 120.40.130.70
    atanasioraimundofreitasfraga atanasioraimundofreitasfraga@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Haanhng567815 Haanhng567815@gmail.com 1.54.209.209
    jacky jacky@coolplayfun.com 31.44.59.224
    BrentonInouye brenton-inouye@fakrea.online 107.172.71.76
    justinmail justinmail@argosmail.xyz 92.112.228.125
    202:03:8:7501:33:5799:3:40 202:03:8:7501:33:5799:3:40 120.40.130.70
    205:480:1800:336:5400:6:4:232 205:480:1800:336:5400:6:4:232 120.40.130.70
    m.ic.h.aelr.ya.n63.56 m.ic.h.aelr.ya.n63.56@gmail.com 144.124.236.48
    straitjacketchris straitjacketchris@gmail.com 209.247.222.165
    202:03:8:7501:33:5799:3:40 202:03:8:7501:33:5799:3:40 120.40.130.70
    maksimsupala maksimsupala@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Margie margareta.sjogren95@gmail.com 90.231.190.88
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    2600:1007:027:93:0:36:851:4701 2600:1007:027:93:0:36:851:4701 120.40.130.70
    Nancyriz kiselevbogdanim0718@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
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    ElwoodCraine76 traceyhoran@pw.epac.to 161.97.129.228
    joannajoanna61 joannajoanna61@mogupi.banter.cv 172.71.159.81
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    1a25f8ad-cad2-4e93-b5bf-34e42bcac02a 1a25f8ad-cad2-4e93-b5bf-34e42bcac02a@185.158.133.1 120.40.130.70
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    doppleganger luc@lucfoley.com 172.18.0.3
    marcia-majors marcia-majors@cryptoboss-mirror.buzz 172.69.22.86
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