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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 - 1 Dec 2025 2:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,119
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    MXRAllen3440230 eloise@solariumsilhouette.online 66.63.174.84
    inesclendinnen inesclendinnen@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.158.198
    2001:0:709:6384::5:823:1 2001:0:709:6384::5:823:1 120.40.130.70
    RoseCoffill309 andrewjackson5770d0xs@c.travel-e-store.com 196.51.52.197
    beau beau@i.cosmicbridge.site 104.22.20.195
    in17 in17@blogwebsite.top 172.71.159.138
    MarieForshee mariemarie44@nebero.masonic.live 64.49.37.146
    2600:1004:02::0:41:6:3701 2600:1004:02::0:41:6:3701 120.40.130.70
    avismontes avismontes@findem.ru 89.106.202.208
    OluseyiAdebowale mailbox@themhmmagazine.com 78.151.81.179
    SergioCatalano matthewhernandez206dc0e@budgetthailandtravel.com 45.155.42.63
    Nickolas9097 nickolasjohnston53@vhw.scoldly.com 23.236.211.27
    sth20 sth20@blogwebsite.top 104.22.20.194
    teresachiodo teresachiodo@hotbird.giize.com 104.22.17.126
    adammata71 adammata71@timetraveller.click 104.22.17.127
    2600:1004:02::0:41:6:3701 2600:1004:02::0:41:6:3701 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23jouri xrumer23jouri@gmail.com 58.186.100.221
    SamuelPonce053 matthewgonzalez3549o91j@welcometotijuana.com 45.155.42.63
    mmph50 mmph50@blogwebsite.top 5.45.37.99
    Bernardino mariajosemananes@gmail.com 83.53.137.8
    SandraSynan9 sandrasynan12@mem.relieval.com 196.51.89.117
    2001:0:412:887:798:50:746:507 2001:0:412:887:798:50:746:507 120.40.130.70
    ReneeWormald10 renee.wormald.2078@dicerontherunsev.com 165.231.159.168
    lombard lombard@ads-soft.ru 120.40.130.70
    marlarodway marlarodway@discardmail.com 162.158.166.210
    willybarkman1 willybarkman1@qys.pancingqueen.com 196.51.114.127
    accountspayable accountspayable@armanino.com 120.40.130.70
    nancy.randazzo nancy.randazzo@armanino.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5744:78:704:4285:693:949 2001:0:5744:78:704:4285:693:949 120.40.130.70
    alissakeogh alissakeogh@healthdietshop.com 172.71.154.67
    RhondaMalley634 charlesbrown1303t098@travel-e-store.com 45.155.40.37
    2001:0:5242:875:6006:17:791:07 2001:0:5242:875:6006:17:791:07 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:470:336::62:355:637 2001:0:470:336::62:355:637 120.40.130.70
    KimK49357228201 kim-pung9904@wuthering.cc 202.14.4.182
    richardjackson39966321 richardjackson39966321@verifiedlinklist.com 66.212.24.164
    williamgarcia2420dc3t williamgarcia2420dc3t@verifiedlinklist.com 66.212.24.23
    LorenaPichardo florence@solarvibe.site 96.9.211.193
    mdseop mdseop@webtoteam.shop 37.143.63.32
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    2001:0:437:37:429:9:48:84 2001:0:437:37:429:9:48:84 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:453:90:228:4479:770 2001:0:43:453:90:228:4479:770 120.40.130.70
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 172.69.23.117
    BereniceWaldrop berenice-waldrop@slgdaily.xyz 202.14.4.132
    bbarrett bbarrett@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
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    ElisaChartres8 elisa-chartres@slgdaily.xyz 202.14.5.179
    minhqt47 minhqt47@ctarp.xyz 172.69.23.118
    vickiproby vickiproby@tempr.email 192.210.223.6
    2001:100:900:7800:487:01:563:0 2001:100:900:7800:487:01:563:0 120.40.130.70
    GenaRaymond6 gena.raymond.3943@strategyinsights.xyz 43.225.191.54
    2001:101:380:2900:994:703:4:7094 2001:101:380:2900:994:703:4:7094 120.40.130.70
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    u.k.e.g.iz.e.f311 u.k.e.g.iz.e.f311@gmail.com 172.69.134.210
    bradaopy9214 bradaopy@yeah.com 92.36.9.227
    JulianSantoro4 juliansantoro@tutu.dobunny.com 196.51.92.53
    DavidRog sowiloveit@gmail.com 92.36.9.227
    EnriqueSalier enriquesalier@strategyinsights.xyz 107.172.139.238
    202:420:227:565:40:4804:37: 202:420:227:565:40:4804:37: 120.40.130.70
    efrenoleary efrenoleary@luckyline.online 104.22.20.195
    ar.temole.go.vi.c.h19.64 ar.temole.go.vi.c.h19.64@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    abdullinal abdullinal@ads-soft.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:420:227:565:40:4804:37: 202:420:227:565:40:4804:37: 120.40.130.70
    TerryWeston067 ozie@echocosmos.online 66.63.174.156
    2001:98:5448:400:75:7:3:48 2001:98:5448:400:75:7:3:48 120.40.130.70
    celiarather celiarather@strategycritique.xyz 172.71.159.138
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