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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 - 16 Jun 2026 11:41 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,679
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    sgaw sgaw@coreweave.com 120.40.130.70
    YolandaLearmonth yolanda-learmonth5@folhadobrasil.top 92.112.14.62
    katherinlindrum22 katherinlindrum22@enarix.orvionix.eu 172.71.154.178
    202:1808:51:722:06:8003:2:68 202:1808:51:722:06:8003:2:68 120.40.130.70
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 172.69.22.194
    jodyessex5657 jodyessex5657@nanatha.academy 172.71.154.179
    bmertz bmertz@coreweave.com 120.40.130.70
    peter peter@coreweave.com 120.40.130.70
    MonicaBvi0961 monicapurser68@2bdb.xk29sd.site 45.140.211.68
    202:1808:51:722:06:8003:2:68 202:1808:51:722:06:8003:2:68 120.40.130.70
    MellisaNona mellisanona66@yell.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    inesbonilla88 inesbonilla88@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.179
    NereidaBellasis nereidabellasis58@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    HollisI91073 hollislawless62@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.252
    Thanh89447276881 thanhslama14@fiber.pettin.com 223.29.254.56
    SteffenCormier0 steffencormier85@past.pettin.com 152.89.128.64
    dinajonsson7337 dinajonsson7337@23.8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.43
    GlindaJ128434932 glindamclellan68@brick.pettin.com 223.29.254.39
    petr.cervinka petr.cervinka@email.cz 120.40.130.70
    MartySwisher428 leonreva@solstris.com 181.215.16.238
    VetaCollocott vetacollocott31@slow.pettin.com 223.29.254.158
    ucyyrmbt ucyyrmbt@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Maks maksiomaksimmaks@gmail.com 77.222.227.179
    IFNNan7603082015 nan.nan64@wedati.macro.cfd 91.247.163.219
    202:471:51:0:427:22:6:5960 202:471:51:0:427:22:6:5960 120.40.130.70
    WilfredoLynas0 wilfredolynas65@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.165
    Juan juanlfs33@hotmail.com 83.36.255.155
    TessaMacdonell tessamacdonell93@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.218
    belenoneal6198 belenoneal6198@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.43
    krishnadutta4 krishnadutta4@growwithgoals.online 172.71.159.82
    OINJasmin62 jasmin.jasmin@ceyere.icew.store 140.235.3.158
    ahanahgoogleto ahanahgoogleto@vip.163.com 120.40.130.70
    hiroshiwilliams37737 hiroshiwilliams37737@b.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    Sharon1708 wsejninahwor89@nestmailbox.com 67.215.225.165
    202:8071:570:140:293:701:2:3 202:8071:570:140:293:701:2:3 120.40.130.70
    PhillisGlouceste selene0ylpeques@gmx.com 171.25.193.82
    PhillisGlouceste selene0ylpeques@gmx.com 185.220.101.100
    ElliotHeng0655 jessmyles@solstris.com 102.165.54.226
    jufra jufra@wolke7.net 120.40.130.70
    andreheffner6 andreheffner6@dear.mxdood.com 172.69.134.70
    hiroshiwilliams37737 hiroshiwilliams37737@b.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.134.71
    jacquiechuter jacquiechuter@fpsrealm.xyz 172.69.22.195
    MikaylaY35 markmartinez7243cf2r@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 218.152.33.180
    2001:88:1425:16:99::1:68 2001:88:1425:16:99::1:68 120.40.130.70
    patrickmohammad47 patrickmohammad47@hawk.blyxen.org 173.44.155.77
    NataliaWheat6 wsumiim1r89@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.46
    Claudia5855 claudiaisles35@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.20
    LynW193766223 lynrichart71@toy.pettin.com 181.215.16.219
    willian.willian6 willian.willian6@ravova.loop.mom 120.40.130.70
    BettinaZ71 bettinahite46@slow.pettin.com 177.234.143.137
    ezrakillinger1471 ezrakillinger1471@zhendeaiai.top 104.22.20.142
    KrystalTressler johnanderson6106obaq@verifiedlinklist.com 103.240.99.210
    albertbravo3319 albertbravo3319@trashmailr.com 172.71.159.81
    elsapriest elsapriest@mailcatch.com 172.69.134.71
    r-tuminski r-tuminski@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    maybellebruntnell maybellebruntnell@iptakedownusa.com 172.69.134.71
    BettinaMagnuson wmertlmr89@nestmailbox.com 66.212.25.144
    latashiaanaya latashiaanaya@checkmypanel.site 172.71.159.81
    ThurmanGerlach thurmangerlach62@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    MaxieMata6472859 maxiemata82@.mxdood.com 196.198.13.205
    gfnp1upt gfnp1upt@web-library.net 120.40.130.70
    james james@22ovz.com 120.40.130.70
    PatsyKittredge9 patsykittredge1@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    EfrenAaron7 efrenaaron50@these.veauly.com 196.198.13.114
    ezrakillinger1471 ezrakillinger1471@zhendeaiai.top 162.158.167.43
    lilianhartsock1639 lilianhartsock1639@now.mefound.com 172.69.22.86
    202:1810:980:8900:2933:42:6:313 202:1810:980:8900:2933:42:6:313 120.40.130.70
    jesm jesm@pagflorida.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9530:8200:1413:58:1:572 202:1810:9530:8200:1413:58:1:572 120.40.130.70
    arnetteposey3567 arnetteposey3567@tempr.email 172.71.154.179