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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 - 13 Oct 2026 8:27 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,234
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AlejandroGiordan arianneschuler@hotbird.giize.com 196.242.89.25
    charlesgonzalez3911a3xw charlesgonzalez3911a3xw@a.travel-e-store.com 220.93.109.105
    JettD1595286580 domingaperry@veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    rupreskono rupreskono@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dennis-dennis dennis-dennis@rubuho.wins.guru 172.71.154.60
    RobinLamm564738 nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    MaryannMcDonell alliesima@veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    GemmaGrisham535 beauclarita@veauly.com 191.101.114.29
    Pedro15G518834 francislottie@veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    tyddcqnbvml tyddcqnbvml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    sooksii sooksii@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    pkrcnuap pkrcnuap@firsthidden.com 120.40.130.70
    KennySiggers5 jamalmadrid@anonmails.de 196.196.31.112
    minhnb minhnb@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    AlishaV16535430 tammykatrina@veauly.com 191.101.114.21
    vivien-gottshall-3688 vivien-gottshall-3688@seto.dravix.org 172.71.158.117
    sltbkfpqoml sltbkfpqoml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    wwwjamescom wwwjamescom@sina.com 120.40.130.70
    maggiefolk maggiefolk@discard.email 104.22.17.79
    KPDShantell wmalisia@veauly.com 102.165.55.40
    AmadoMackaness amadoamado@faxiho.smush.space 45.159.22.173
    etourriru etourriru@list.ru 162.158.216.170
    ponomaryov.borya.1983 ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 172.71.102.41
    joorhtsf joorhtsf@analismail.com 120.40.130.70
    guest2678Jennifer609Jennifer_blog705netfan290JenniferBader705 whitneysaldivar838@minecraft-dungeons.ru 156.241.229.234
    merchize merchize@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    20:003:8520:7254:0:82:9:3817 20:003:8520:7254:0:82:9:3817 120.40.130.70
    ruebentew6416 ruebentew6416@hidebox.org 172.71.154.61
    WilhelminaMcdowe domingaperry@veauly.com 223.29.254.39
    2606:9400:89:30:292:2728:04:159 2606:9400:89:30:292:2728:04:159 120.40.130.70
    yulya.suvorova.2024 yulya.suvorova.2024@mail.ru 104.23.172.110
    ColumbusFerri48 franklindelphia@veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    MaureenZoll119 issackandi@veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    rofligormo rofligormo@mail.ru 172.71.183.154
    hiyygabyqml hiyygabyqml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    wmlunqyv wmlunqyv@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    rrptukcwzml rrptukcwzml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    roscoehertzog roscoehertzog@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.17.79
    ChadwickAthaldo tammykatrina@veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    ketoan1c ketoan1c@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lieselotte.zeligman lieselotte.zeligman@healthypplevery.org 103.37.82.134
    LizBeck lizbeckhomes@gmaul.com 47.225.134.0
    VictoriaParer0 wmalisia@veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    lindahernandez82578h4y lindahernandez82578h4y@f.enlacesgsa.com 198.20.168.190
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FletcherIngamell domingaperry@veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    zwmhjyzshml zwmhjyzshml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    AddieValley6749 franklindelphia@veauly.com 223.29.254.158
    LouellaCrotty6 francislottie@veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    meaviedia meaviedia@daqb.info 120.40.130.70
    richardmartinez6064gkjq richardmartinez6064gkjq@c.gsavps.xyz 38.154.155.163
    trqpnxujuml trqpnxujuml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    patriciajackson78558xw4 patriciajackson78558xw4@d.gsaserbuilder.store 172.56.235.53
    KourtneyUsher22 wmalisia@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    danielmartinez860b0qy danielmartinez860b0qy@c.indexpulse.app 196.51.26.164
    Aleida03A86 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    %Forum_nick% tamela.tamela@biyevo.pasta.beer 45.136.27.30
    maribel.costello-5277 maribel.costello-5277@cheapwinner.com 69.6.214.192
    BrunoBolliger ashlisheri@veauly.com 191.101.92.164
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 79.135.105.212
    JeramyLivingston ryanzella@veauly.com 196.198.13.114
    giangnt giangnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    cliffriordan2977 cliffriordan2977@b.cr.cloudns.asia 107.150.80.191
    CarolynReed ijupizajobob90carolynreedoapioomi@gmail.com 152.53.46.2
    huyvd huyvd@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    marksmith321155yw marksmith321155yw@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.23.47
    FlorianRobledo4 florianrobledo36@slow.pettin.com 102.165.55.133
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    HildegardSizemor rodolfoandres@veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    maryanne-vannoy28 maryanne-vannoy28@99b3.cyber99.work 120.40.130.70
    kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8 kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    AdolphShipp0 adolph-adolph13@dinoha.shinemail.cc 193.151.188.218
    ClaraAllen yakizequyus047claraallenavipomuf@gmail.com 96.89.227.150
    oeymgmoqoml oeymgmoqoml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    giang giang@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    hildegarde-harlan hildegarde-harlan@de.benefactor.website 172.71.154.61
    gtqeydlmfml gtqeydlmfml@ventura17.ru 135.136.45.186
    andreacampbell78030 andreacampbell78030@c.seoautomationpro.com 38.154.176.30
    2600:1006:090:8301:976:26:909:303 2600:1006:090:8301:976:26:909:303 120.40.130.70
    rus-finer rus-finer@casinoles.fun 172.69.23.47