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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 - 10 Apr 2026 1:28 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,761
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1811:20:300:8469:61:76:74 202:1811:20:300:8469:61:76:74 120.40.130.70
    IreneMcVey3 rachelsmith504862mwx@c.seoautomationpro.com 72.57.98.154
    UlrichRamsden0 kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.114.101
    202:020:3:27:0:21:56:23 202:020:3:27:0:21:56:23 120.40.130.70
    marydavis7755ob88 marydavis7755ob88@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 152.232.46.98
    fayeboose.8885 fayeboose.8885@admiralx-challenge.top 104.22.17.127
    jaymebalfe553 jaymebalfe553@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.133
    opu opu@webtoteam.shop 91.223.133.106
    Haifa titajul8@gmail.com 2402:380:27:932:95:1:49:19
    clarissa91 clarissaolivarez5443@er777.net 191.101.109.17
    latricemendenhall latricemendenhall@bd.dns-cloud.net 103.113.149.86
    oinaidenova oinaidenova@etu.ru 120.40.130.70
    bkckyaoylor bkckyaoylor@igurant1.online 172.71.154.179
    okr okr@etu.ru 120.40.130.70
    ljvfkxamisi ljvfkxamisi@problemno.shop 45.87.252.54
    TashaTrumper20 jenniferjohnson5787v7wb@a.gsasearchengineranker.co 66.63.186.252
    ctt ctt@etu.ru 120.40.130.70
    syshevchenko syshevchenko@etu.ru 120.40.130.70
    eleanore.marshburn-6470 eleanore.marshburn-6470@bob163.iacomputer.click 120.40.130.70
    FlorenePalumbo shantaedusty@solstris.com 144.48.52.254
    VictorPownall3 victorpownall95@2971.bestsmmservice.online 167.253.67.17
    avmuravyev avmuravyev@etu.ru 120.40.130.70
    karl.os7.6.hyani.t.o.s. karl.os7.6.hyani.t.o.s.@gmail.com 84.239.47.150
    marycanchola1071 marycanchola1071@1secmail.com 120.40.130.70
    marktaylor1695vgws marktaylor1695vgws@f.welcometotijuana.com 104.22.17.127
    daciaglauert daciaglauert@dvd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.234
    werso068500iu werso068500iu@rambler.ru 85.237.212.243
    shaynemusquito9601 shaynemusquito9601@discard.email 172.71.154.178
    peacheecobbler23 defredhed8520@gmail.com 2600:387:8:5::
    rosaura.rosaura33 rosaura.rosaura33@jimelo.icew.store 172.71.158.68
    randibain randibain@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    202:1810:942:6700:26:159:509:170 202:1810:942:6700:26:159:509:170 120.40.130.70
    elitoney6273 elitoney6273@aikoreaedu.com 172.69.23.193
    202:1810:9432:900:7890:701:175:3 202:1810:9432:900:7890:701:175:3 120.40.130.70
    ValentinaBorella richardbrown3119h8uy@b.pattaya-mega.com 66.212.24.86
    glabarichmu1986 glabarichmu1986@mailopenz.com 172.69.23.193
    maynardunderhill maynardunderhill@anonmails.de 162.158.167.133
    trusl.e.rj.er.ry5.31 trusl.e.rj.er.ry5.31@gmail.com 212.92.243.90
    alexiswoodson8259 alexiswoodson8259@quinz.me 162.158.167.134
    sheenakroger1463 sheenakroger1463@now.mefound.com 104.22.17.127
    202:1808:3:5:743:425:21:780 202:1808:3:5:743:425:21:780 120.40.130.70
    konstantinrovini konstantinrovini@mail.ru 104.22.17.127
    marianneedye marianneedye@discard.email 45.38.111.246
    203:90:61:71:476:10:285:20 203:90:61:71:476:10:285:20 120.40.130.70
    CaraThorby cara.cara13@haxozi.orville.pro 104.207.36.230
    ted.imler ted.imler@5230.catcheh.com 162.158.167.134
    BookerFairbank bookerbooker@wasixo.television.pics 193.163.92.211
    DarcyLeggett4 jessmyles@solstris.com 154.16.69.173
    donaldtaylor7844s0fm donaldtaylor7844s0fm@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.158.68
    christopherhernandez4930d953 christopherhernandez4930d953@c.gsavps.xyz 66.212.25.158
    202:8108:8125:100:96:28::285 202:8108:8125:100:96:28::285 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:57:3900::3:21:1515 202:1810:57:3900::3:21:1515 120.40.130.70
    vladzhukovhr2696 vladzhukovhr2696@rambler.ru 152.232.68.152
    ThaoBecker4 thaobecker48@cold.muzaco.com 103.221.232.106
    202:1810:8438:600:386:6091:70:7 202:1810:8438:600:386:6091:70:7 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:3860:9:27:59 202:8108:8125:100:3860:9:27:59 120.40.130.70
    rpop-test88 rpop-test88@itatac.tk 45.159.22.86
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 172.69.134.83
    cl.inic.forh.im350 cl.inic.forh.im350@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    qzsannoi qzsannoi@bethcampbell.biz 162.158.167.133
    randythorton randythorton@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    civilinfrastructure.spain civilinfrastructure.spain@aecom.com 120.40.130.70
    Jameskes KFINLEY@FLEETCLEANUSA.COM 185.130.251.127
    milotoutcher milotoutcher@netdeal.site 45.130.81.119
    domingofidler domingofidler@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.134
    buildingsandplaces.spain buildingsandplaces.spain@aecom.com 120.40.130.70
    znbeowuchs znbeowuchs@rambler.ru 156.243.132.19
    gaston.downes7621 gaston.downes7621@cryptoboss-wildcard.top 72.56.157.104
    lindalopez685pq2z lindalopez685pq2z@swartluxury258.com 23.236.239.227
    ag.g.et.8.5.h.ova.rd. ag.g.et.8.5.h.ova.rd.@gmail.com 84.239.47.147
    202:1810:953:00:97:62::178 202:1810:953:00:97:62::178 120.40.130.70
    rainachance71 rainachance71@581b.rshrthertherth.net 172.69.134.82
    a.gg.et8.5h.o.va.rd. a.gg.et8.5h.o.va.rd.@gmail.com 84.239.47.147