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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 - 22 Aug 2026 5:53 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,960
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    marioberube marioberube@teksavvy.com 146.19.125.70
    be.n.n.iech.ave.z.6.1.8.6 be.n.n.iech.ave.z.6.1.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.127
    JamesInvef cannacenter420shopusa@gmail.com 120.228.101.27
    weekend weekend@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    ben.niech.av.ez.6186. ben.niech.av.ez.6186.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    spaux spaux@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    PromotionLok le.n.a.go.pkalo.7.3.@gmail.com 66.56.82.27
    JennaO48847139 pingesposito61649g54s@d.seoautomationpro.com 81.92.195.110
    be.n.niech.av.ez6.1.8.6 be.n.niech.av.ez6.1.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    MarshaDonnithorn marshadonnithorne35@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.39
    2600:118:264:701:70:09::698 2600:118:264:701:70:09::698 120.40.130.70
    benni.ec.hav.e.z61.86. benni.ec.hav.e.z61.86.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    IvyChristy44 ivychristy30@brick.pettin.com 196.198.13.159
    info info@seo-prodvizhenie-v-top.ru 120.40.130.70
    tu tu@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    Danieltef admin1151@outervision.site 36.133.83.211
    shop shop@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    ElviraEvans21 elviraevans24@act.milkgg.com 181.215.16.213
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ben.niecha.vez6.18.6. ben.niecha.vez6.18.6.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    55fc3a279dcb4b9e9c8651fcc24987b1 55fc3a279dcb4b9e9c8651fcc24987b1@finin.at 120.40.130.70
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    zuconffunpu zuconffunpu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    randellmar k.en.eve.l.8.9@gmail.com 99.66.236.130
    l.e.nagop.k.a.l.o.73 l.e.nagop.k.a.l.o.73@gmail.com 66.56.82.27
    TonyaWilliford tonyawilliford@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.208
    CamilleGonzales camille.gonzales91@a46c.zouytr.xyz 109.230.203.209
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    b.e.nn.i.e.chavez61.8.6 b.e.nn.i.e.chavez61.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    corinabutts corinabutts@anonmails.de 138.36.93.155
    JerrodAguayo jerrod.aguayo@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.199
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CarsonBerry3 carsonberry39@hell.milkgg.com 177.234.143.137
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    KathrynBoddie4 luciaschmidt48697bivg@d.seoautomationpro.com 81.92.195.227
    starlink-noc starlink-noc@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    odiupixiw odiupixiw@poppmailnewr.com 54.39.18.217
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 209:3:113:1::2:9
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 205.206.190.225
    ryan.mikkelsen ryan.mikkelsen@graeltd.ca 202:267:48:4000:8000::
    MayraWilbanks maybranch4459@freundin.ru 146.70.175.68
    200:23:30:4601:1031:056:8208:01 200:23:30:4601:1031:056:8208:01 120.40.130.70
    starlink-admin starlink-admin@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    HershelG41 hershel-patton@cc78.zouytr.xyz 217.60.160.218
    edfwed edfwed@lucky-jet77.online 45.89.100.53
    starlink-abuse starlink-abuse@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    ledgemountain766 ledgemountain766@pb77.net 152.233.20.75
    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    PlayCroco-Emada nillop@asylum.run 45.74.3.136
    arintech arintech@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    christopher.link christopher.link@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
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    l.inks89m.a.st l.inks89m.a.st@gmail.com 104.28.214.127
    KristiToml nikifor.efimov.2254@rambler.ru 109.106.137.5
    NydiaDitter734 random@b-makeev.ru 190.185.109.150
    emirogap emirogap@papkettwwqs.com 158.69.119.14
    l.e.n.ag.o.p.k.alo.73 l.e.n.ag.o.p.k.alo.73@gmail.com 66.56.82.27
    b.e.nni.ec.h.a.v.e.z61.86 b.e.nni.ec.h.a.v.e.z61.86@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    ellenomahony2924 ellenomahony2924@h.lovepettoys.shop 131.108.17.234
    Gen2Rc Gen2Rc@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    raz.friman raz.friman@spacex.com 120.40.130.70
    b.enn.ie.c.ha.vez.61.8.6. b.enn.ie.c.ha.vez.61.8.6.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    Polly20355477 johnbrown3644bm82@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 66.63.164.140
    FortuneyNdounda teasia@proton.me 2605:590:23:808:4:18:71:3
    edith5888 edith.regalado@mailtech.ro 80.96.70.204
    newbloghi177 newbloghi177@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
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