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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 - 15 Oct 2025 7:39 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,907
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    o.x.i.m.u.s777o1.s2.1.6bd.gn o.x.i.m.u.s777o1.s2.1.6bd.gn@gmail.com 172.71.158.202
    b.c.a.sawyer b.c.a.sawyer@gmail.com 76.18.79.203
    inesclendinnen inesclendinnen@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.22.195
    ueefcmvm ueefcmvm@wildbmail.com 98.159.226.244
    kara kara@d.echocosmos.online 172.69.23.147
    christina.marshburn christina.marshburn@fpstipscentral.xyz 196.240.143.189
    tristan tristan@n.cosmiccluster.store 172.69.134.196
    DPNVeda66233917 vedacross73@just.cdfaq.com 198.12.66.181
    a.yoka.l.u.s.ohi5.55 a.yoka.l.u.s.ohi5.55@gmail.com 172.71.155.8
    JillWright8 angelinacustance5653@mailmenot.io 188.130.137.77
    AngieGillis1439 wcarles5puyolgsr66@nestmailbox.com 142.214.182.178
    janeferrer26 janeferrer26@seem.cdfaq.com 196.51.112.251
    QuentinRhyne365 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 223.29.253.127
    PasqualeCharette mikaylamattson8912@mailmenot.io 46.8.23.231
    gailpaton gailpaton@now.mefound.com 172.71.158.32
    KennethMcneil candelaria@echocosmos.online 66.212.24.32
    MichelineColling michelinecollings.3858@vovan-spin-official88.top 149.126.223.7
    xrefedesewaq xrefedesewaq@anonmails.de 5.196.78.175
    VirgilioVonStieg kristichristenson5318@mailmenot.io 92.240.215.70
    VirgilioVonStieg kristichristenson5318@mailmenot.io 213.255.194.247
    PollyTrott8 wintertainmentgdr66@nestmailbox.com 196.51.139.177
    carinbibb30 carinbibb30@long.muzaco.com 196.51.113.141
    zitella zitella@f.skywardhub.online 172.71.158.56
    KatherinGilyard mariagosse6680@freundin.ru 171.225.193.158
    ddiaz ddiaz@totalplay.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    BuddySternberg7 buddysternberg@vovan-spin-official88.top 149.126.220.141
    WMAGeraldo meda@echocosmos.online 38.152.135.47
    LeoraLoton6106 wkorsikaani4r66@nestmailbox.com 196.51.137.81
    victor.lopezur victor.lopezur@totalplay.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    rowe2386 rowe2386@totalplay.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    BessLongstaff75 besslongstaff35@among.ehomu.com 196.242.20.197
    AmberGarza398 kayleen@cosmiccluster.store 38.152.133.174
    2409:834:4072:90:00:27:0:87 2409:834:4072:90:00:27:0:87 120.40.130.70
    QGUAracelis wzimbabveuu4r66@nestmailbox.com 196.51.139.255
    LakeshaElwell0 lakesha.elwell.6962@nuances.com.ua 105.72.205.240
    LakeshaElwell0 lakesha.elwell.6962@nuances.com.ua 38.156.234.78
    RubyChatterton rubychatterton71@role.cdfaq.com 192.241.72.68
    2001:0:433:813:817:852:77:3652 2001:0:433:813:817:852:77:3652 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:514:56:393:7:80:76 2001:0:514:56:393:7:80:76 120.40.130.70
    RozellaFollmer wragdraethfnr66@nestmailbox.com 196.51.137.170
    jamika-spillman jamika-spillman@zomazo.kanye.online 193.202.83.233
    CelsaFeetham michaeline@orbitaloffer.online 38.152.134.244
    leonoranagy leonoranagy@anonmails.de 172.71.155.8
    205:01:94:00:239:67:6748:8 205:01:94:00:239:67:6748:8 120.40.130.70
    ShaunteBaca wrespostasozr66@nestmailbox.com 23.19.99.95
    shuelsbeck shuelsbeck@wi.rr.com 2603:6000:40:95:710:968:79:62
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    shuelsbeck shuelsbeck@wi.rr.com 2603:6000:40:95:458:942:51:5454
    shuelsbeck shuelsbeck@wi.rr.com 2603:6000:40:95:106:45:463:2
    KathaleenWooten raleighgutteridge@now.mefound.com 154.213.164.135
    IlseY76820512 werlu8wr66@nestmailbox.com 196.51.139.84
    grolfsnok grolfsnok@smallbutnaughty.com 172.71.158.90
    lu.ckyf.e.et.shoe.s.5.0 lu.ckyf.e.et.shoe.s.5.0@gmail.com 172.69.134.197
    lauragaillinley.herewini lauragaillinley.herewini@team.telstra.com 24.239.128.139
    marianaaguirre6823 marianaaguirre6823@mailmenot.io 108.62.102.65
    Kristine62Y kristine.cardell@5109.wordpresshelp.blog 142.111.161.162
    stephanyhopkins61 stephanyhopkins61@seem.cdfaq.com 196.51.115.2
    HudsonMenge1 wfelgurhbr66@nestmailbox.com 196.51.137.102
    robt-loader4439 robt-loader4439@classroom6x.gg 162.158.167.43
    OttoSwadling032 charleswilson6950no8s@c.gsavps.xyz 107.173.0.80
    JeanBojorquez63 jean.bojorquez.145@otakuhub.xyz 45.125.245.204
    AugustusShuler verenaklein632@mailmenot.io 92.240.215.70