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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 - 5 Sep 2026 11:38 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,704
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    montewaller montewaller@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.44
    links.8.9.m.a.s.t links.8.9.m.a.s.t@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    torstengreenham torstengreenham@anonmails.deanonmails.de.ini0torst 104.22.20.57
    karly karly@o.getit.email 104.22.17.79
    lavondageorg9581 lavondageorg9581@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.43
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BENYAMINRENALDI enebensydney@pm.me 2405:600:252:81:8865:25:696:6
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MelvinCrummer elizabethjackson2197w14j@c.blog-stuff.com 196.51.10.37
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    adelaidaknoll1254 adelaidaknoll1254@dcctb.com 172.69.135.13
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TarenStilwell roxiechasity@veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    mdf2 mdf2@webtoteam.shop 172.71.159.81
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Blikinkfak 1123456@gmail.com 158.173.166.20
    Blikinkfak djphil50@gmail.com 158.173.166.20
    w.o.o.d.f.or.djame.so.n.4 w.o.o.d.f.or.djame.so.n.4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    amanda.amanda amanda.amanda@lumugo.3mail.info 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 104.22.17.79
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Mitzi3300370 mitzisison93@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DURGYROOROUNC DURGYROOROUNC@daqb.info 84.55.1.41
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    7be0ab3e04829aef0d9689ffaa0f4257 mparratore@hotmail.com 45.131.193.65
    AHIAdriene adrienestringer21@fiber.pettin.com 144.48.52.31
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Juanita76Z williammartin4992b154@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.10.162
    ThorstenFinsch8 jennifermartinez178278ib@c.verifiedlinklist.com 209.127.75.56
    HugoArndt4 hugoarndt91@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.218
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MinnaPickel8 minnapickel46@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.55.238
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    christoperdancy-7295 christoperdancy-7295@hello-word-2026.store 162.158.167.43
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HenriettaManessi danielwilson4471n4f8@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.11.80
    euqiozytuy euqiozytuy@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    CharleneSe thomasgarcia6250etpw@d.blog-stuff.com 196.51.10.37
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 104.22.20.56
    MariettaJacquez lindajones1736idyk@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.160.164
    AliS7079350 aliblacket20@slide.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    PiperClapp art17@blogranks.top 2.57.23.30
    JeremyDeering jeremy-jeremy@zivade.swanson.today 31.134.13.30
    eleanor.birrell eleanor.birrell@wordspacemail.com 172.69.135.14
    Sara15D3956 mylesgreig6559@anonmails.de 196.16.3.189
    xrumer888 xrumer888@outlook.com 172.71.154.169
    adilkhanchik.amantai11 adilkhanchik.amantai11@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    JesusE4982635 sarahmoore982vc9a@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.10.162
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    BrandyWheeler stevenmartinez9829a2gf@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.10.162
    DebMelvin349 gf3@unblockedgamesup.com 152.232.102.139
    DanMcmanus69 barbaramiller5069z221@a.blog-stuff.com 152.232.160.143
    EmanuelWindsor salemyamamoto9366@b.seoautomationpro.com 198.20.181.2
    tylertop7713 tylertop@gmail.com 202.28.194.139
    veta-veta veta-veta@biyama.new-mail.info 199.96.166.97
    BobbyLutwyche36 bobby.bobby@cahebi.likeme.buzz 91.132.198.57
    JustineHeyne141 richardbrown447584nc@f.gsaserbuilder.store 69.4.93.34
    DonteBorchgrevin donteborchgrevink46@put.pettin.com 102.165.53.252
    94b57fdabc4420a5ebe8954808661b7e nils.0546@proton.me 149.143.107.199
    lillawilliams lillawilliams@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.168
    LarryCatlett minnieselina@veauly.com 196.198.13.152
    chabu chabumubanga3@gmail.com 41.216.86.42
    DomingoI21 angelinemikki@veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    Flashpaqoxe sandyyounger@edinarealty.com 179.43.171.234
    AlmedaMoney417 almedamoney77@broad.ehomu.com 102.165.55.40
    ConstancePringle cu.exptjj4375jaebd.com3keqotpamwtbpumail.jaebd.com 178.20.44.219
    Marchegiano.46 Marchegiano.46@gmail.cim 120.40.130.70
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