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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 - 1 Dec 2025 10:38 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,676
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    elvera elvera@awsome-gadgets.com 103.30.28.38
    sabalanmusic sabalanmusic@sabalanmusic.ir 162.158.167.107
    KobyRuby11036322 darrelmclendon6548@anonmails.de 154.208.62.235
    BenConstance136 benconstance@mem.relieval.com 23.236.236.198
    janinemanson janinemanson@anonmails.de 162.158.167.105
    2603:6081:6400:86:51:6:4962:77 2603:6081:6400:86:51:6:4962:77 120.40.130.70
    proj7sifxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx proj7sifxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@sip.api.openai. 120.40.130.70
    glennalyster glennalyster@findem.ru 185.218.1.239
    projmrxkz5blbafrpjxiyzbrs6mq projmrxkz5blbafrpjxiyzbrs6mq@sip.api.openai.com 120.40.130.70
    christopher.r.rochester christopher.r.rochester@nasa.gov 120.40.130.70
    projya5ozas5bj80yppqcimjiuxw projya5ozas5bj80yppqcimjiuxw@sip.api.openai.com 120.40.130.70
    25 25@1-construction.store 46.8.17.183
    nhyhfpdjlmr nhyhfpdjlmr@1win-aviator-casino.store 109.248.166.21
    projxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx projxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@sip.api.openai.com 120.40.130.70
    MindaSpradling ulrika@solarspark.site 66.63.174.156
    b.ail.bon.ds500 b.ail.bon.ds500@gmail.com 162.158.167.106
    info info@speed-seo.net 120.40.130.70
    StormyImhoff02 stormyimhoff@tutu.dobunny.com 196.51.89.117
    2001:0:451:91:380:697:12:53 2001:0:451:91:380:697:12:53 120.40.130.70
    bettytruxillo2012 bettytruxillo2012@subprofessfml.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KiraFrederick markflowers1989@salpingomyu.ru 64.31.20.24
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fredamonckton fredamonckton@b.cr.cloudns.asia 202.93.11.221
    graigjardine graigjardine@0815.ru 162.158.167.106
    focus focus@auth.vep.e-klase.lv 120.40.130.70
    ryan999 ryan999@freespainmail.com 172.69.134.211
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    StepanieYer stepanie.funkhouser@gularte73.browndecorationlight 192.126.152.56
    quiana quiana@awsome-gadgets.com 84.252.70.254
    Normandbob yourmail344@gmail.com 69.167.30.10
    2001:1:718::381:880:7982:228 2001:1:718::381:880:7982:228 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rashad.litchfield25 rashad.litchfield25@8969.hdlipotampa.com 172.241.119.144
    flory flory@b.fruitingbodymushrooms.online 104.22.17.126
    20 20@1-construction.store 172.69.134.210
    IngeborgBethune ingeborgbethune-8198@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.u 196.245.161.5
    ClayFrantz clayfrantz@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.240.104.88
    JannieMaurer052 davidsmith6744hyh0@welcometotijuana.com 108.62.124.24
    kalamancia kalamancia@anonmails.de 37.139.53.234
    al.hawaev08 al.hawaev08@yandex.ru 128.204.79.180
    sydney-111 sydney-111@freespainmail.com 172.71.154.49
    margaretadebernales1 margaretadebernales1@discard.email 107.175.149.104
    karolraphael karolraphael@anonmails.de 172.71.154.49
    2001:0:780:876:38:21:6:7865 2001:0:780:876:38:21:6:7865 120.40.130.70
    JeroldDeMole5 jerolddemole82@vory.estaxy.com 196.51.92.147
    willaprisc willaprisco@hotelpost.click 109.122.24.41
    RachelEyre44 rachel-eyre@4382.oviscore.com 102.129.232.231
    VernonK86349635 vernon-tindall@muralbythesea.co.uk 109.230.203.129
    MCRLayla32772537 audrydenehy8768@mailmenot.io 178.175.140.222
    AltaCamara99 altacamara@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 86.105.178.49
    Shinergyepv enteroffi.ce.220.720.2.2.3@gmail.com 158.173.155.193
    malgorzata.matuszczak-bartel malgorzata.matuszczak-bartel@plk-sa.pl 120.40.130.70
    jljfewfew1 jljfewfew1@qmails.website 143.244.42.95
    202:020:481:89:759:6:4:240 202:020:481:89:759:6:4:240 120.40.130.70
    bernadettecottman bernadettecottman@anonmails.de 172.71.154.197
    mieczyslaw.trzebiatowski mieczyslaw.trzebiatowski@plk-sa.pl 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4681:52:14:99:143:95 2001:0:4681:52:14:99:143:95 120.40.130.70
    tetatig1986 tetatig1986@mail.ru 79.127.249.117
    202:8108:8102:1200:827:687:940:5 202:8108:8102:1200:827:687:940:5 120.40.130.70
    TracyBoork hadykrcxyi@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    commercial-entreprises commercial-entreprises@sewan.fr 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:439:404:035:296:87:930 2001:0:439:404:035:296:87:930 120.40.130.70
    lorenataormina lorenataormina@oti.crossandgarlic.com 196.51.103.103
    2001:0:423:457:202:30:778:928 2001:0:423:457:202:30:778:928 120.40.130.70
    ThomasRefshauge thomasrefshauge39@vhw.scoldly.com 196.51.115.128
    2804:14:48:59:2979:99:21:21 2804:14:48:59:2979:99:21:21 120.40.130.70
    gayedupuis gayedupuis@7c3d.ahplumbingnc.club 185.228.195.68
    summer.perrin summer.perrin@themanlythings.com 172.69.135.58
    gabrielle-holton gabrielle-holton@emailgsa13.xyz 131.108.19.3
    softaims softaims@atomicmail.io 202.47.34.108