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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 - 2 Apr 2026 1:43 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,905
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    p.o.llylu.9.3 p.o.llylu.9.3@gmail.com 172.69.134.82
    AkiboxaInvix4 mjsmith41@yahoo.com 45.147.232.209
    JuanAntonio jajimenezbol@hotmail.com 31.4.220.60
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    baonguyen.us baonguyen.us@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    bbwfeetlovertft bbwlover12023@proton.me 5.252.239.103
    mellisalow54 mellisalow54@estrella.blyxen.org 172.69.134.83
    BartWaley30 bartwaley24@among.ehomu.com 191.101.114.39
    CarlosMelvin94 carlos-melvin47@3182.wefixsofteners.com 99.85.62.176
    Chad27M662 darcymurray6465@spambog.com 65.108.42.35
    lucaswhinham3986 lucaswhinham3986@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.17.127
    TammaraPowlett0 bridgettescott@corebux.com 196.196.254.36
    susanamccrary susanamccrary@1mail.x24hr.com 104.22.20.235
    automation-test automation-test@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    shermanwestfall23 shermanwestfall23@tutu.dobunny.com 172.71.154.178
    quyensolberg quyensolberg@id.mediagamez.com 120.40.130.70
    ariadne ariadne@cialis-otc.com 5.3.217.104
    darinchappel85 darinchappel85@emailgsa7.xyz 162.158.167.133
    josephmartin5312yy46 josephmartin5312yy46@a.verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.20.234
    LucieUzq88538 luciebradshaw98@lower.ehomu.com 154.16.69.81
    JanetGomes daisycallinan@1mail.x24hr.com 173.234.100.86
    ShirleyMcElhaney arturoshannan@solstris.com 181.215.16.219
    antoniaantonia antoniaantonia@xuvume.smush.space 104.167.19.7
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    klaudiachadwick klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 172.69.134.82
    alert alert@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    omer-scheffler omer-scheffler@galaga.ee 172.71.154.178
    ocimde1992 ocimde1992@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    shennatracey shennatracey@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.133
    GarnetGlauert junkodwayne@solstris.com 154.16.69.81
    mdf2 mdf2@webtoteam.shop 162.158.167.134
    AlexandraR verenahawkins4410@anonmails.de 213.226.101.4
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    blanchehepler15 blanchehepler15@51tiemo.com 162.158.167.134
    csv csv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    BrianneEhmann1 brianneehmann91@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.83
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    lovieschmid8800 lovieschmid8800@anonmails.de 162.158.167.133
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    shanestout shanestout@087b.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.193
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    thomas thomas@b.astroaxis.site 45.128.199.83
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