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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 - 7 Aug 2026 10:31 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,829
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    admin admin@promodoc.ru 120.40.130.70
    tangelamcguffog tangelamcguffog@8.dnsabr.com 154.201.74.75
    AleishaJessup08 aleishajessup62@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.53.200
    trkforever trkforever@mail.ru 91.79.234.185
    anthonyrodriguez32743l anthonyrodriguez32743l@linkbuilding.club 31.132.1.143
    a381cb5f3951ff14ca45027adc20a90c-5282136 a381cb5f3951ff14ca45027adc20a90c-5282136@contact.g 120.40.130.70
    samueljuniorhemi5.7+Sp samueljuniorhemi5.7+Sp@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    TonjaClymer14 tonjaclymer46@wild.ehomu.com 181.215.16.161
    BradleyShowers bradleyshowers8@act.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    fossyboar fossyboar@disroot.org 190.225.12.245
    LazaroQsd7 lazarohammonds10@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.116
    CatherinePotting catherinepottinger30@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.184
    atendimentocstc atendimentocstc@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    nfe.spal nfe.spal@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    datospersonales datospersonales@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    MaddisonNoyes6 maddisonnoyes58@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.55.131
    NGZCaleb17 calebmascorro76@panel.cdfaq.com 144.48.52.31
    standarmaticmanualstyle+Zs standarmaticmanualstyle+Zs@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    KimberBello06 tamigouin@anonmails.de 92.119.41.33
    hiltondynon hiltondynon@streamboost.xyz 165.231.121.18
    EnriqueParer4 kellyhancock@anonmails.de 45.83.119.77
    reuben-reuben11 reuben-reuben11@porosu.mailhome.info 212.119.41.202
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    FrankGoldstein2 frankgoldstein25@self.ehomu.com 191.101.92.224
    nastyapoluge nastyapoluge@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    cdc cdc@email.unikom.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    NatalieGillespie nataliegillespie20@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    ConcettaShorter concettashorter69@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.250
    LIUKristen kristenhuman8@wild.ehomu.com 191.101.92.83
    o.h.ef.a.s.ud.o.66 o.h.ef.a.s.ud.o.66@gmail.com 87.199.200.109
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maggiechec gsaser@mailbox.org 192.126.238.138
    art6 art6@blogranks.top 2.57.23.12
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 10.42.206.17
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CarrolHome hkfqwmlaic@rambler.ru 109.106.137.5
    ddxmfvac ddxmfvac@firsthidden.com 162.158.172.225
    Sabrina97N art6@blogranks.top 45.133.170.77
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 146.70.84.21
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    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ClairClarey cecildease7980@discardmail.com 76.67.149.86
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    AmelieHeng828 williamwilliams1993ceju@e.welcometotijuana.com 217.60.161.94
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Les5655833873 chanalash8633@anonmails.de 45.151.145.156
    ChelseyPeach208 arturoshannan@solstris.com 102.165.53.34
    m.m.de.cooman m.m.de.cooman@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    JamelLarge patriciawilson730779it@backlinks.monster 217.60.121.127
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    lzmxdooi lzmxdooi@firsthidden.com 172.64.217.139
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    nsfoodfesta nsfoodfesta@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jesscorin7453 jesscorin7453@discardmail.com 5.157.17.48
    Cathern98K catherngipson34@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.56
    MonroeTrout105 monroe.trout@mailtech.ro 194.127.199.38
    KathrinZ91 elizabethjackson4213im18@c.mustdoindubai.com 198.154.86.172
    ClarissaHosking clarissahosking87@keep.cdfaq.com 177.234.143.137
    RosellaF16 mylessedillo3280@anonmails.de 109.248.166.10
    TandyBromley8 tandybromley21@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.250
    jose.castro jose.castro@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    Dwight1382 dwighthatter-5772@mailtech.ro 5.104.75.62
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    DonaldSterner donald-sterner-4640@admiralx-qq.click 72.56.155.38