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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 - 24 Sep 2026 10:40 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,582
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2001:4453:75:500:1:1862:20:42 2001:4453:75:500:1:1862:20:42 120.40.130.70
    kirgemajuel kirgemajuel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    hungvt hungvt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    fyyehptxkma fyyehptxkma@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    wawquegkbkt wawquegkbkt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    joshuawilliams9693kimr joshuawilliams9693kimr@e.enlacesgsa.com 162.226.91.139
    jeremyewers jeremyewers@anonmails.de 104.22.17.78
    kristyalanson-616 kristyalanson-616@de.donator.site 162.158.167.144
    jeremyewers jeremyewers@anonmails.de 172.69.23.184
    200:041:613:7000:98:62:83:208 200:041:613:7000:98:62:83:208 120.40.130.70
    2001:164:256:37:417:8:779:80 2001:164:256:37:417:8:779:80 120.40.130.70
    kristyalanson-616 kristyalanson-616@de.donator.site 104.22.17.79
    xxmjmqhfeSr xxmjmqhfeSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    AlonzoBuntine2 danieljackson4499wx4u@c.pattaya-mega.com 23.236.242.89
    nhamhv nhamhv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    thomasmartinez1651p4bm thomasmartinez1651p4bm@gsaserbuilder.xyz 94.46.247.55
    rochelleuc16 bonita@sky.shelley.mxnode.top 185.220.101.43
    2400:100:24:73:86:922:41:195 2400:100:24:73:86:922:41:195 120.40.130.70
    rewqq rewqq@dot.ru (empty)
    2804:77:142:51:39:2:29:4 2804:77:142:51:39:2:29:4 120.40.130.70
    2804:868:053:2:182:8:704:3 2804:868:053:2:182:8:704:3 120.40.130.70
    2001:7:80:398:7290:597:164:42 2001:7:80:398:7290:597:164:42 120.40.130.70
    leknlondoSl leknlondoSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    ErnaDesrochers marianakieran@veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    alexaltman alexaltman@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.23.184
    2001:163:323:00:45:92:74:57 2001:163:323:00:45:92:74:57 120.40.130.70
    2001:162:453:200:5:77:6659:681 2001:162:453:200:5:77:6659:681 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:2040:39:148:47:06:63 2001:8:2040:39:148:47:06:63 120.40.130.70
    edmond edmond@doamnbd.store 172.71.154.169
    hipuhenge hipuhenge@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FrancisMacredie richardlopez30929ib7@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 198.20.181.46
    2405:5700:304:575:184:703:37:21 2405:5700:304:575:184:703:37:21 120.40.130.70
    epqmabtcjki epqmabtcjki@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    2403:3800:120:49:887:26:6498:6 2403:3800:120:49:887:26:6498:6 120.40.130.70
    2402:800:61:566:316:9252:4237:566 2402:800:61:566:316:9252:4237:566 120.40.130.70
    2001:162:1:600:800:6:626:0 2001:162:1:600:800:6:626:0 120.40.130.70
    ElisaReno4 robertjohnson463703hj@a.welcometotijuana.com 198.20.181.2
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Debra4467760 donaldjackson4666rg8q@a.travel-e-store.com 198.20.178.67
    crhzpwtwupt crhzpwtwupt@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    dwayne-dwayne10 dwayne-dwayne10@torosu.itpower.sbs 104.22.20.56
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AldaJustus27609 alexrosalie@veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    DenishaEisenhowe lindamartin8968n3rq@d.blog-stuff.com 198.20.181.46
    ZUMLyn2023471139 danielmartin8718s08p@c.pattaya-mega.com 38.154.115.164
    2601:645:3:000:063:46:87:06 2601:645:3:000:063:46:87:06 120.40.130.70
    perevoz89 perevoz89@mail.ru 91.149.115.206
    caryncantu caryncantu@tempr.email 172.69.23.183
    nguyenlq nguyenlq@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    karin.lashley karin.lashley@d1d4.emailma.store 104.22.17.79
    ttepchqrjSl ttepchqrjSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    mlqregkqaSr mlqregkqaSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xrumer888 xrumer888@outlook.com 172.70.179.64
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    edmond edmond@doamnbd.store 162.158.167.144
    bnrbgylplel bnrbgylplel@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    sales sales@sneddon.caredogbest.com (empty)
    CJMEsther103 vickeymarylou@veauly.com 23.95.81.223
    nicholashartmann76 nicholashartmann76@tama.glinxy.com 154.16.206.83
    hueanhn hueanhn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ptqydjyfima ptqydjyfima@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    qusyqmfbzkt qusyqmfbzkt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    EugeneZepeda130 wmalisia@veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    AndrewEaton0715 vickeymarylou@veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    akemuijyboi akemuijyboi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    hruiuaiuema hruiuaiuema@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    IanMillican18 ian.millican.5287@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
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    mxbdevnkaSr mxbdevnkaSr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    flryscqmsSl flryscqmsSl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    2405:550:81:389:976:501:2:55 2405:550:81:389:976:501:2:55 120.40.130.70
    2402:800:6141:65:6488:68:76:77 2402:800:6141:65:6488:68:76:77 120.40.130.70
    2001:4454:168:1800:5:317:070:1 2001:4454:168:1800:5:317:070:1 120.40.130.70
    nghien nghien@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:88:123:122:84:35:: 2001:88:123:122:84:35:: 120.40.130.70
    jackidubose3360 jackidubose3360@moryne.site 172.71.159.81