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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 - 20 Apr 2026 4:40 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,211
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    shereeseaton4150 shereeseaton4150@tempr.email 172.71.158.69
    jerry jerry@neoxinet.com 172.69.134.84
    reva.carrico-3578 reva.carrico-3578@articl.biz 162.158.167.133
    2402:4000:1309:25:187:473::905 2402:4000:1309:25:187:473::905 120.40.130.70
    bagsicancrow bagsican.crownglobalventure33@gmail.com 2001:4451:1245:3200:6:36:2:3287
    donaldsmith7178uc6o donaldsmith7178uc6o@linkbuilding.club 120.40.130.70
    PearlJac8342 tedtia@solstris.com 45.125.245.178
    berylbalke9 berylbalke9@tusu.claxyn.org 120.40.130.70
    danielanderson60719h5e danielanderson60719h5e@swartluxury258.com 120.40.130.70
    CarlotaHostetler carlota.hostetler3001@cryptoboss7zerkalo.casino 72.56.188.36
    jonellekavel8985 jonellekavel8985@spambog.ru 172.71.154.178
    danielanderson60719h5e danielanderson60719h5e@swartluxury258.com 120.40.130.70
    filomenamunro4504 filomenamunro4504@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.179
    gailhelmore19 gailhelmore19@51tiemo.com 162.158.167.133
    202:267:00:4146:0:000:0: 202:267:00:4146:0:000:0: 120.40.130.70
    daoranmelu1977 daoranmelu1977@mailopenz.com 172.69.134.85
    kb kb@luch.kiev.ua 120.40.130.70
    evubufob evubufob@korarlocalbrand.com 158.69.118.189
    vasjamartynovsb1374 vasjamartynovsb1374@rambler.ru 152.232.66.106
    charlesjones685589pp charlesjones685589pp@gsasearchengineranker.shop 104.22.17.127
    kentonfritz43 kentonfritz43@rti.relucius.com 120.40.130.70
    matthewanderson775osr9 matthewanderson775osr9@backlinks.monster 162.158.167.133
    mireyaayala mireyaayala@emailgsa2.xyz 104.22.17.127
    troclatira1976 troclatira1976@mailopenz.com 172.69.22.194
    mishatihonovqg5987 mishatihonovqg5987@rambler.ru 209.127.10.215
    12defegyh 12defegyh@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    20:5684:728:934:52:20:0:9 20:5684:728:934:52:20:0:9 120.40.130.70
    michealryder michealryder@asia.dnsabr.com 89.21.85.28
    aimelex aimelex@ffkelmmail.com 158.69.118.188
    202:1810:1429:00:416:5290:823:3764 202:1810:1429:00:416:5290:823:3764 120.40.130.70
    204:441:200:43::78:943 204:441:200:43::78:943 120.40.130.70
    Kisha48W24962053 kishashorter27@wild.ehomu.com 102.165.55.238
    barbarabrown313845wv barbarabrown313845wv@swartluxury258.com 120.40.130.70
    jaimiebryan jaimiebryan@otakuhub.xyz 120.40.130.70
    jozesobog jozesobog@mailcorplrtgood.com 54.39.18.217
    DianReilly kerrijeffers@mailmenot.io 103.6.233.108
    d6624752 d6624752@gmaio.com 201:08:4:6700:50:12:41:635
    AlinaLeboeuf alinaleboeuf@eldeninfo.xyz 177.234.138.153
    DianReilly kerrijeffers@mailmenot.io 45.89.118.94
    Quincyelesy pawubale892@gmail.com 162.159.113.83
    ca33 ca33@webtoteam.shop 172.69.22.86
    assist assist@cdmsmith.com 120.40.130.70
    wiedemannklaus wiedemannklaus@t-online.de 172.71.154.168
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ashleemalloy34 ashleemalloy34@save.pettin.com 172.69.134.85
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ElinorDahlen5 gerald@uraplive.com 152.232.31.135
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Pic7171_tell_tex_up edrickkai03@gmail.com 158.173.25.60
    agrupacion.deportivocultural agrupacion.deportivocultural@emtmadrid.es 120.40.130.70
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    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    lucie-buntine9206 lucie-buntine9206@ubghub.com 104.22.17.126
    joshuajones1885k5da joshuajones1885k5da@linkbuilding.club 172.69.22.86
    dantrumbo9391 dantrumbo9391@1secmail.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Sofa-Flash-Sale1769 josephmora43@estrella.ophixy.com 102.165.1.101
    cheri.harter-8908 cheri.harter-8908@admiralx-re.xyz 172.69.22.87
    ygeilonas ygeilonas@kartenmansd.com 158.69.119.14
    vidaoram40 vidaoram40@sise.glinxy.com 172.71.154.179
    mauriceicely347 mauriceicely347@poketani.nl 120.40.130.70
    jharris49 jharris49@cryptofutures.store 194.99.26.45
    ladyemma480 princeproduktion778878@gmail.com 135.125.190.15
    mmph20 mmph20@blogwebsite.top 104.22.20.143
    WilmaBeaver995 wilma-wilma99@fehedo.paper.beer 209.50.166.102
    mauriceicely347 mauriceicely347@poketani.nl 120.40.130.70
    BruceMaccallum brucemaccallum@otakuinsights.xyz 192.241.95.113
    ShelleyFincher5 janaya@meteormind.store 173.232.126.134
    master master@oncatv99.com 107.175.76.109
    JerekioxInvix6 abe@knobelfinancial.com 194.99.25.196
    bicimad.notificaciones bicimad.notificaciones@emtmadrid.es 120.40.130.70
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