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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 Sep 2026 11:24 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,584
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    lin.ks.89.mas.t lin.ks.89.mas.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    lin.ks.8.9m.as.t lin.ks.8.9m.as.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.129
    li.nks89m.a.s.t. li.nks89m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.214.129
    no-reply55 no-reply55@mp3dj.eu 172.68.102.18
    pasquale.ault-5825 pasquale.ault-5825@hello-word-2026.store 162.158.167.44
    qtfnmijfyOt qtfnmijfyOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    2001:410:601:1100::2080 2001:410:601:1100::2080 120.40.130.70
    annabelleannabelle72 annabelleannabelle72@juneyi.ukmailbox.xyz 140.235.171.47
    li.n.ks.89.mas.t li.n.ks.89.mas.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.129
    hmrvhplbcOt hmrvhplbcOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
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    m.schauerte m.schauerte@mailbox.org 120.40.130.70
    faustowendt1253 faustowendt1253@hello-word-2026.store 104.22.17.207
    m.schauerte m.schauerte@mailbox.org 120.40.130.70
    rexauqeoyOt rexauqeoyOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    mattie.zweig-monahan24 mattie.zweig-monahan24@banglamoviespot.com 162.158.167.44
    Candace4786 candace-culley@vipitv.com 120.11.96.48
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    anthonymoore4390t774 anthonymoore4390t774@f.gsaserbuilder.xyz 69.4.93.53
    EvelyneSchenk5 evelyne-schenk@usgeek.org 120.11.96.48
    alecia-sewell84 alecia-sewell84@9212.catche1.com 172.71.159.81
    javierbenning1668 javierbenning1668@asia.dnsabr.com 120.40.130.70
    x-xmcplk x-xmcplk@xmc.pl 185.98.168.53
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    Larrykep jo.parr@web.de 158.173.20.36
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    hildascarborough hildascarborough@corrective.51tiemo.com 172.71.154.178
    martacarrington martacarrington@emailuae.com 172.69.135.13
    CatherineMcKinno patriciablundell9996@anonmails.de 104.28.244.125
    denastoate2650 denastoate2650@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.43
    reginaldammons reginaldammons@0815.ru 172.71.159.82
    lance.comini lance.comini@take-ur-vites.org 104.22.17.79
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yzxdgniggsi yzxdgniggsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    allanallan allanallan@pucoge.brand.singles 104.22.17.208
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    no-reply355 no-reply355@mp3dj.eu 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    FilomenaSherrard wdipsogen1ar94@nestmailbox.com 38.154.119.94
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