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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 - 26 Apr 2026 5:25 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,288
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    joeyjoey50 joeyjoey50@helito.chicagoes.xyz 104.22.17.126
    waynemarryat waynemarryat@pecinan.net 172.69.23.194
    window-&-door4363 johnsonmargarot26@semo.claxyn.com 102.165.1.31
    202:1810:400:2900:88:4:236:1182 202:1810:400:2900:88:4:236:1182 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:40:2800:258:51:50:16 202:1810:40:2800:258:51:50:16 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:852:6700:3707:1:123:50 202:1810:852:6700:3707:1:123:50 120.40.130.70
    maritatopper32 maritatopper32@tapi.claxyn.org 172.71.158.69
    202:1810:852:6700:3707:1:123:50 202:1810:852:6700:3707:1:123:50 120.40.130.70
    hgrcsygh hgrcsygh@vargosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    chancenowakowski chancenowakowski@clup.work 162.158.167.133
    202:1810:420:1600:13:592:7260:014 202:1810:420:1600:13:592:7260:014 120.40.130.70
    QAWNoreen2799094 kelliamber@solstris.com 196.196.254.218
    BernieMacCarthy berniemaccarthy57@river.muzaco.com 102.165.53.235
    MaricruzH82 kfqoajvi@duhastmail.com 64.31.3.126
    shavonnehenley39 shavonnehenley39@4048.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.179
    AkiboxaInvix2 bbarbarot@gmail.com 194.180.232.108
    202:1810:420:1600:13:592:7260:014 202:1810:420:1600:13:592:7260:014 120.40.130.70
    202:1811:141:800:27:5913:19:85 202:1811:141:800:27:5913:19:85 120.40.130.70
    candyberube75 candyberube75@kormeli.glinxy.org 172.69.134.83
    demetra-barnes.4427 demetra-barnes.4427@fpsinformer.xyz 23.81.229.133
    kfwmfant kfwmfant@bethcampbell.biz 120.40.130.70
    felipacoughlin85 felipacoughlin85@self.ehomu.com 172.71.154.178
    cierrahardin7444 cierrahardin7444@spambog.com 162.158.167.134
    eugeniobernays eugeniobernays@asia.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.126
    sangseder21 sangseder21@tapi.claxyn.org 172.71.154.178
    TEF-Certificate-Purchase2766 jandon35@tute.blyxen.com 193.58.104.171
    202:3100:58:300:7199:48:6:884 202:3100:58:300:7199:48:6:884 120.40.130.70
    leonardodown leonardodown@care.careline.click 172.71.158.69
    AlisonRizzo0 alisonrizzo1@print.veauly.com 45.33.145.128
    IrmaMgl203114 irmacordeaux35@thus.ehomu.com 191.101.92.218
    AlfredBeaulieu alfredbeaulieu95@among.ehomu.com 144.48.52.235
    IsabellGbr rudolflogsdon998@mailswing.forum 152.89.128.174
    darrellyal @warpfans.net 15.235.229.40
    RhondaBruner89 cherylchavez@leantechy.xyz 196.51.204.138
    OfeliaBrace2 ofeliabrace54@tutu.estabbi.com 196.51.31.135
    ChristaFux christanesmith37@cold.muzaco.com 191.101.114.220
    garlanddame garlanddame@mailgg.org 45.76.176.44
    StantonStandley michellenelson@solstris.com 102.165.53.200
    2601:282:8980:70:60:912:06:176 2601:282:8980:70:60:912:06:176 120.40.130.70
    KrystynaKesler7 krystyna.krystyna66@yivolu.smile.coupons 216.26.232.46
    202:1810:360:00:1968:25:7473:141 202:1810:360:00:1968:25:7473:141 120.40.130.70
    202:020:30:6:25:49:530:1 202:020:30:6:25:49:530:1 120.40.130.70
    JovitaHesson8 jovita-hesson76@usgeek.org 183.197.56.249
    202:020:34:767:50:58::535 202:020:34:767:50:58::535 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:360:00:1968:25:7473:141 202:1810:360:00:1968:25:7473:141 120.40.130.70
    mmph29 mmph29@blogwebsite.top 172.69.134.82
    202:1810:360:00:1968:25:7473:141 202:1810:360:00:1968:25:7473:141 120.40.130.70
    kerry-atlas kerry-atlas@cc61.rshrthertherth.net 151.245.166.33
    202:020:30:6:25:49:530:1 202:020:30:6:25:49:530:1 120.40.130.70
    eve-leyva eve-leyva@sunyygo103.nebunet.click 172.71.154.179
    cleta.goldberg-7716 cleta.goldberg-7716@emailcenter.store 172.71.158.68
    passmihightou1977 passmihightou1977@mailopenz.com 104.22.17.126
    robby.whitlock robby.whitlock@strategycritique.xyz 104.22.17.127
    vadim.sokolov vadim.sokolov@casinotds.xyz 172.69.134.83
    202:640:210:4401:913:16:4:81 202:640:210:4401:913:16:4:81 120.40.130.70
    passmihightou1977 passmihightou1977@mailopenz.com 162.158.167.134
    azxdcbko azxdcbko@bethcampbell.biz 23.229.42.148
    booker-sanmiguel booker-sanmiguel@sunyygo103.telgecity.xyz 104.22.20.142
    202:03:87:1300:57:1056:921:174 202:03:87:1300:57:1056:921:174 120.40.130.70
    TEF-Certificate-Buy-Now8353 amiedebenham48@tute.blyxen.com 45.133.170.202
    202:1810:11:900:384:55:108:34 202:1810:11:900:384:55:108:34 120.40.130.70
    lilyamine50 lilyamine50@proton.me 119.17.49.60
    viktor9546 viktor9546@casinotds.xyz 104.22.17.127
    202:1810:11:900:384:55:108:34 202:1810:11:900:384:55:108:34 120.40.130.70
    veriflapakjoki6 veriflapakjoki6@konstruksituntas.com 104.22.20.142
    202:1810:40:2800:258:51:50:16 202:1810:40:2800:258:51:50:16 120.40.130.70
    sergey-kozlov sergey-kozlov@casinotds.xyz 162.158.167.133
    202:640:210:4401:32:34:715:3770 202:640:210:4401:32:34:715:3770 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:505:900:2:58:975:7 202:1810:505:900:2:58:975:7 120.40.130.70
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    ShantaeKnetes larryfletche@leantechy.xyz 196.51.201.187
    goliyqey goliyqey@immenseignite.info 120.40.130.70
    franwhittemore5658 franwhittemore5658@nguyendanhkietisocial.com 162.158.167.133
    202:03:820:101:443:890:396:4774 202:03:820:101:443:890:396:4774 120.40.130.70