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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 - 14 Apr 2026 2:56 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,889
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 104.22.20.79
    carmelochittenden3 carmelochittenden3@drama.mxdood.com 172.69.23.194
    h.o.k.i.na.sean.i.ka. h.o.k.i.na.sean.i.ka.@gmail.com 104.207.47.43
    trustone14 trustone14@blogwebsite.top 172.71.154.169
    osipova.liliia.1986.22.12 osipova.liliia.1986.22.12@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    lgarcia lgarcia@rus-china.travel 138.219.120.3
    yanchikmsk yanchikmsk@yandex.ru 95.24.127.48
    SherylvOr orlovpetrrz1756@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    ginahardy ginahardy@slgdaily.xyz 104.22.17.83
    af103a27d9d3eca5196c670c1766ef03 marius-wellmer@t-online.de 202:8206::800:8:1:91:58
    valery-volkov valery-volkov@casinotds.xyz 104.22.20.78
    adambiernacki1953 adambiernacki1953@gmail.com 185.204.192.15
    dsk43717lutherdoorly dsk43717lutherdoorly@xn--mgmarkt8-9db.com 91.84.118.32
    sonia.vaillant sonia.vaillant@sfr.fr 120.40.130.70
    ovsana79 ovsana79@mail.ru 46.39.51.130
    KarlaButterfield karlabutterfield48@broad.ehomu.com 103.221.232.229
    gisele-reynell-9981 gisele-reynell-9981@cryptoboss-rcn.top 172.71.154.168
    ivanrizada ivanrizada@mail.ru 162.158.167.133
    lindawilson2014mmil lindawilson2014mmil@gsasearchengineranker.info 162.158.167.134
    OITAnalisa analisagilson56@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.183
    MyronSawtell3 myronsawtell76@just.cdfaq.com 103.221.232.223
    FlorrieDefazio4 florriedefazio92@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.218
    katharina.donato42 katharina.donato42@feedback.51tiemo.com 104.22.20.203
    felipemelson55 felipemelson55@638a.rshrthertherth.net 104.22.18.17
    ie.i.e.i.d.60. ie.i.e.i.d.60.@gmail.com 172.71.154.169
    topone19 topone19@blogwebsite.top 104.22.18.17
    petrarennie130 petrarennie130@0815.ru 172.71.154.168
    JeremiahU88 katherineteresa7789@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 23.95.204.8
    202:1810:697:800:3:6:859:14 202:1810:697:800:3:6:859:14 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:3:387:9:689:7980:673 202:020:3:387:9:689:7980:673 120.40.130.70
    AmyMarcantel evagaines@koes.justdied.com 191.96.252.18
    MilagrosGuess93 quincymccann7143@xdderetronline.xyz 191.96.252.97
    AgustinDundas0 agustindundas83@mode.ehomu.com 191.101.92.224
    KashaDeBeuzevill sarahwilson3698g6rl@welcometotijuana.com 192.198.104.131
    ClementCaruso2 clementcaruso64@among.ehomu.com 181.215.16.247
    VSRLauri33588 laurisaxon26@role.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.173
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8776:9900:129:712:1:444 202:03:8776:9900:129:712:1:444 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mncqzrsdhm mncqzrsdhm@rambler.ru 193.32.166.207
    BryceThibodeau brycethibodeau45@self.ehomu.com 103.221.232.106
    cagmrhrwlm cagmrhrwlm@rambler.ru 154.205.240.174
    Bertie62E359 bertiephillip43@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.175
    pfrrfgmqek pfrrfgmqek@rambler.ru 157.22.62.221
    guillaume.valcin guillaume.valcin@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    brirky brirky@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    tomtest1 tomtest1@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    merry.moose merry.moose@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    bradford.bradford bradford.bradford@duhavo.roofmail.world 104.22.20.79
    MarilynBetancour marilynbetancourt17@role.cdfaq.com 103.221.232.201
    DrEngstrom DrEngstrom@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    valery.zakharov194 valery.zakharov194@casinotds.xyz 149.202.84.95
    thedonzorro thedonzorro@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    vetapalmore vetapalmore@coffeepancakewafflebacon.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:896:924:592:6215 202:8108:8125:100:896:924:592:6215 120.40.130.70
    BFZElliot97317 jerry@neoxinet.com 72.195.101.99
    AlejandroAhuiaOv alejandroahuiaova61@thus.ehomu.com 45.125.245.178
    eve-horgan eve-horgan@4f5d.catcheh.com 172.69.23.194
    vetapalmore vetapalmore@coffeepancakewafflebacon.com 120.40.130.70
    OliveBiddlecombe olivebiddlecombe34@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.83
    ethanbrand brandethan523@gmail.com 137.59.227.254
    202:1810:8590:8200:86:904:475:977 202:1810:8590:8200:86:904:475:977 120.40.130.70
    jacintogauthier jacintogauthier@1secmail.com 172.69.134.82
    2600:118:1:4280:7184:63:58:22 2600:118:1:4280:7184:63:58:22 120.40.130.70
    JeffreyHah jeffreyduffy53@lower.ehomu.com 196.198.13.114
    agergasrefgaesrg agergasrefgaesrg@masil.ru 172.69.23.194
    carrolloden70 carrolloden70@cow.pettin.com 172.71.158.69
    stephaniew stephaniew@eurovip.club 178.171.43.152
    2003:9:73:800:77:138:546:2191 2003:9:73:800:77:138:546:2191 120.40.130.70
    RodneyBeatty174 rodneybeatty67@among.ehomu.com 191.101.92.9
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70