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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 - 17 Mar 2026 1:25 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,071
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    elinor.capehart elinor.capehart@3bbc.creabibenval.store 172.71.154.178
    JoycelynPatino joycelynpatino54@river.muzaco.com 177.234.143.121
    OliverI54638788 olivertully17@self.ehomu.com 191.101.92.9
    JosieCastle8028 josiecastle54@talk.muzaco.com 103.221.232.103
    RochellBustillos rochell-bustillos@erpin.org 120.11.90.85
    osvaldo-rentoul.6632 osvaldo-rentoul.6632@mediagamez.com 172.71.159.104
    mabelloureiro mabelloureiro@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.159.103
    CharityChe benjamingertz@ohgitu.me 105.112.39.78
    virgina virgina@e.cosmicbridge.site 104.22.17.53
    sammielafleur sammielafleur@mailmenot.io 193.38.241.238
    tajjoshua tajjoshua@solstris.com 172.69.23.193
    darylkenyon darylkenyon@pw.epac.to 104.22.17.53
    contact-ventures contact-ventures@roquette.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    ronnykeaton ronnykeaton@deskz.bar 104.22.20.235
    2603:8081:7300:323:086:516:5414:12 2603:8081:7300:323:086:516:5414:12 120.40.130.70
    rebeccabiddlecombe70 rebeccabiddlecombe70@tali.glinxy.com 104.22.17.52
    armandboose3894 armandboose3894@anonmails.de 172.69.135.57
    2gbnjyyeff 2gbnjyyeff@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    frankielacroix frankielacroix@comprarcapcut.shop. 138.199.19.160
    ChetGentil patriciajohnson2913pai3@c.gsasearchengineranker.co 209.127.73.194
    berryhoeft8985 berryhoeft8985@waroengpremium.com 104.22.20.235
    wendyratcliffe25 wendyratcliffe25@panel.cdfaq.com 172.71.159.104
    diegoromano8608 diegoromano8608@quinz.me 172.71.154.179
    202:1810:0:00:103::27:5816 202:1810:0:00:103::27:5816 120.40.130.70
    im.e.c.uhofe.l.i26.2 im.e.c.uhofe.l.i26.2@gmail.com 104.22.20.235
    FNSPhoebe phoebereece573@1wn.top 208.66.76.196
    ChetGentil patriciajohnson2913pai3@c.gsasearchengineranker.co 209.127.73.222
    FinleyArme josewilson823790rua@a.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.243.212
    lu.m.e.nj.as.o.n038 lu.m.e.nj.as.o.n038@gmail.com 216.24.212.23
    3hujiikolod 3hujiikolod@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    lespendergrass lespendergrass@pw.epac.to 67.201.33.10
    lu.m.e.nj.as.o.n038 lu.m.e.nj.as.o.n038@gmail.com 216.24.212.77
    lu.m.e.nj.as.o.n038 lu.m.e.nj.as.o.n038@gmail.com 216.24.212.78
    blaineostrander blaineostrander@koes.justdied.com 172.69.23.194
    kaylasuper9532 kaylasuper9532@mailmenot.io 38.154.150.157
    SeymourMunro seymourmunro97@broad.ehomu.com 191.101.114.220
    henry199951 henry199951@proton.me 78.61.24.125
    cleantalk cleantalk@bchgang.net 172.69.135.58
    mosesdibdin20 mosesdibdin20@five.hivoltz.org 172.69.23.194
    kuleshov-dc6uq kuleshov-dc6uq@rambler.ru 172.71.159.104
    202:211:1:00:7:5:1894:8 202:211:1:00:7:5:1894:8 120.40.130.70
    2gbnjyyeff 2gbnjyyeff@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    rooseveltgentle99 rooseveltgentle99@a38b.creabibenval.store 120.40.130.70
    shiela-toledo shiela-toledo@support.51tiemo.com 217.181.88.152
    DomingoJess587 domingojess49@seat.muzaco.com 102.165.55.133
    jessicamartinez654489us jessicamartinez654489us@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.53
    SebastianVgd sebastianbaume55@talk.muzaco.com 154.16.69.81
    2001:410:401:3000::2918 2001:410:401:3000::2918 120.40.130.70
    kattiecouvreur78 kattiecouvreur78@talk.muzaco.com 104.22.17.52
    202:8108:8125:100:376:136:37:908 202:8108:8125:100:376:136:37:908 120.40.130.70
    dewaynedewayne dewaynedewayne@nulace.hopemail.click 104.22.17.52
    staciaquick staciaquick@anonmails.de 172.71.159.103
    dumle dumle@luukku.com 2001:99:80:100:897:1158:6780:52
    2001:410:401:3000::2918 2001:410:401:3000::2918 120.40.130.70
    3hujiikolod 3hujiikolod@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    deneseaffleck deneseaffleck@cosoinan.com 172.69.135.182
    TammaraDuvall76 tammaraduvall45@fog.blyxen.org 156.146.56.231
    2001:410:701:1100::7975 2001:410:701:1100::7975 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:430:5800:89:53:542:8 202:1810:430:5800:89:53:542:8 120.40.130.70
    BusterSnyder20 bustersnyder25@self.ehomu.com 223.29.254.45
    evabinette9309 evabinette9309@now.mefound.com 103.215.245.43
    avisgottlieb avisgottlieb@odvh.xyz 172.69.22.84
    virgiliomccain15 virgiliomccain15@issue.mxdood.com 192.126.177.222
    annishay-1843 annishay-1843@crikbet.org 43.225.191.92
    harry harry@awnationwide.com 69.222.150.144
    kopoc44092 kopoc44092@pazard.com 212.15.80.38
    mufgbrand2 mufgbrand2@mufg.jp 120.40.130.70
    BarbaraCuriel7 barbara-barbara94@yevada.musicart.club 216.26.252.219
    alicewatterston69 alicewatterston69@tusu.dravix.org 172.69.135.182
    kristy.rudd kristy.rudd@crypto-boss21.site 172.69.22.84
    ofig.i.k.ex.1.2. ofig.i.k.ex.1.2.@gmail.com 147.45.50.248
    AubreySawers1 wgenuinetess32xhr80@nestmailbox.com 192.186.131.144
    2gbnjyyeff 2gbnjyyeff@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    of.igik.ex12. of.igik.ex12.@gmail.com 162.158.166.210
    202:8108:8125:100:19:40:337:493 202:8108:8125:100:19:40:337:493 120.40.130.70