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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 - 8 Feb 2026 2:51 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,927
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Arnold85F6 arnoldcollicott@support.51tiemo.com 198.190.6.65
    CarlMartinovich donaldwilson2022eyae@b.travel-e-store.com 196.51.135.157
    MorganNickson morgan-nickson@support.51tiemo.com 85.254.59.158
    TawannaGale283 lauraspringfield3698@anonmails.de 185.166.160.28
    darell darell@m.visagency.us 104.22.17.126
    ThaddeusYor lacydumont@anonmails.de 92.119.40.198
    sharynmarroquin2933 sharynmarroquin2933@zooms.pro 172.71.154.179
    margaretabaron margaretabaron@roseau.me 172.71.154.179
    KarlaHammack12 mableswayne@discolive.site 80.65.223.193
    KermitGadsden8 christopherhernandez5861t8py@e.welcometotijuana.co 196.51.129.40
    AbdulComino41 hectorrechner377@anonmails.de 185.149.22.121
    CarrolHoliman8 margarettethorton@anonmails.de 194.35.113.154
    2405:600:639:38:545:53:595:868 2405:600:639:38:545:53:595:868 120.40.130.70
    Damien01C0473 margaritaburbank2145@anonmails.de 92.119.43.39
    kgridneva kgridneva@mail.ru 62.76.68.184
    NEDLionel2569 gordoncomer48@anonmails.de 46.8.56.103
    ptmwxrer ptmwxrer@streetwormail.com 120.40.130.70
    delilamunz4629 delilamunz4629@mailmenot.io 161.115.230.150
    angelikasterne490 angelikasterne490@anonmails.de 196.240.104.58
    bernardo-giacovelli bernardo-giacovelli@healthypplevery.org 172.96.89.214
    sdoajmnt sdoajmnt@duhastmail.com 104.22.20.179
    2001:102:158:900:84:7:49:91 2001:102:158:900:84:7:49:91 120.40.130.70
    villahousut toni@melisma.net 172.18.0.2
    jamesdavis3223u9c3 jamesdavis3223u9c3@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 192.161.170.164
    jenny-carey-fetherston jenny-carey-fetherston@healthypplevery.org 172.69.134.210
    202:640:2434:200:42:89:809:1 202:640:2434:200:42:89:809:1 120.40.130.70
    PhilipGlaser7 susanmiller7595ivc4@gsavps.xyz 66.63.185.167
    MacScaddan05022 macscaddan41@role.cdfaq.com 23.95.81.225
    LeannaFullwood estrella@k.quantumnest.lat 66.63.185.222
    MichelineCheshir micheline.cheshire@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 194.102.38.232
    202:1810:129:3400:646:01:3:829 202:1810:129:3400:646:01:3:829 120.40.130.70
    u003esupport u003esupport@handoff.ai 120.40.130.70
    JaninaTheus283 charlesdavis600hqx6@budgetthailandtravel.com 66.63.178.155
    Matthew6369 wbailacast0r77@nestmailbox.com 196.51.33.8
    donaldjackson6999vecb donaldjackson6999vecb@a.welcometotijuana.com 192.161.170.52
    trimble-cloud-xops-billing-ug trimble-cloud-xops-billing-ug@trimble.com 120.40.130.70
    ethendanielrajchellappa ethendanielrajchellappa@trimble.com 120.40.130.70
    melinacaraway melinacaraway@support.51tiemo.com 198.190.6.65
    EusebiaWegener alberta@b.astroaxis.site 204.44.104.97
    EpifaniaCl epifaniacantabene-claudio@healthypplevery.org 167.160.74.165
    NelleSanders679 fleta@c.cosmiccircuit.store 66.63.183.24
    Beatriz13N wmedinalinehor77@nestmailbox.com 192.157.58.232
    r.a.d.ney.90.2 r.a.d.ney.90.2@gmail.com 142.111.152.83
    xmpaifys xmpaifys@wildbmail.com 98.159.226.184
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    calebricher calebricher@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 162.158.167.36
    zhanatabdulov zhanatabdulov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    glorysophia glorysophia@maskica.com 172.71.154.179
    angelitabaracchi8402 angelitabaracchi8402@hohohim.com 104.22.17.126
    hluboce hluboce@cialis-otc.com 5.3.217.194
    JamieBuvelot95 jonathanretzlaff@anonmails.de 173.44.219.241
    SheliaE948 shelia-shelia66@gomulu.mailbox.mom 45.3.50.10
    FinnHackett70 hwalucio@solstris.com 196.242.114.196
    wilburcottle7138 wilburcottle7138@anonmails.de 162.158.167.35
    NewtonKoontz9 wmedinalinehor77@nestmailbox.com 192.157.58.232
    christopherjackson6818xraw christopherjackson6818xraw@b.gsasearchengineranker 23.229.116.109
    FosterHursey095 leonreva@solstris.com 196.242.178.166
    DominiqueWorthy gloria@uraplive.com 45.3.35.246
    jupteqivat jupteqivat@lifestyle-de.com 191.102.172.75
    KristySae293203 sarahwilson3698g6rl@welcometotijuana.com 155.94.190.24
    SantiagoSherry santiagosherry58@talk.muzaco.com 191.101.92.157
    GarnetParkman34 garnet-parkman4696@muralbythesea.co.uk 192.186.142.43
    AlejandroBeaman alejandroalejandro75@risafa.mailbox.mom 104.167.25.101
    ElliotMash33 rpop-test81@betiforex.com 155.212.111.136
    hello hello@handoff.ai 120.40.130.70
    kjacobdalumpinesofficial kjacobdalumpinesofficial@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    maryam.mohammed.hamid002 maryam.mohammed.hamid002@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    susanhernandez26000044 susanhernandez26000044@b.gsavps.xyz 172.69.134.210
    FedericoSa nathanielchristensen@dvd.dns-cloud.net 157.66.54.162
    JosieBoelt josh@bchgang.org 149.102.232.37
    Caren81V5561607 caren-thorton@muralbythesea.co.uk 194.102.38.232
    gladysnovak23957 gladysnovak23957@sei-moment.store 104.22.20.179
    iolaseppelt iolaseppelt@8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.35
    shellymcclusky9335 shellymcclusky9335@ggrainn.com 138.201.125.121
    imecu.h.ofel.i.262 imecu.h.ofel.i.262@gmail.com 45.132.38.125
    AlbaRock27225 wernersocha@mailmenot.io 192.198.122.60
    lillymaye lilly-maye@wecare.carolinensielweihnachtsmarkt.cli 109.122.24.71
    ReginaldRoderick reginald.roderick7@gularte73.browndecorationlights 23.236.253.41
    MuoiLeone50 muoileone88@river.muzaco.com 196.242.114.66