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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 - 10 Aug 2026 8:21 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,262
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    default.q8uqn default.q8uqn@passmail.net 73.158.245.232
    MollieDion86 maureenmessner@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 148.113.210.59
    richardwilson3049pdv3 richardwilson3049pdv3@a.mustdoindubai.com 81.92.195.227
    SherryGordon77 sherrygordon42@panel.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.164
    Albertsef bkgkwxhx@duhastmail.com 80.93.217.214
    carloscaputo carloscaputo@neweseguros.com.br 120.40.130.70
    DB82 DB82@yandex.ru 85.172.101.227
    emmanuel.k68 emmanuel.k68@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    KandiRohr201 kandirohr14@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.152
    SandraJenkins2 sandrajenkins29@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.114.21
    jlnixon622+Dq jlnixon622+Dq@gmail.com.com 146.19.125.70
    mlphzfbz mlphzfbz@blackfirsta.com 64.31.3.126
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    RalfValle6929494 ralfvalle11@put.pettin.com 191.101.92.224
    a9e6bd6a38d2c858488608fb03f2788d mbenard7399@gmail.com 185.184.192.218
    RainaS677493 jennifermiller3294ov6h@a.pattaya-mega.com 156.241.204.222
    DeneseTorres denesetorres85@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.224
    prop9 prop9@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    Ptomr a@xelo.pro 172.64.192.116
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    qmgrifui qmgrifui@duhastmail.com 141.101.76.99
    EmeryCloud jtine4858@gmail.con 64.226.56.31
    202:1810:50:00:9551:2342:98:89 202:1810:50:00:9551:2342:98:89 120.40.130.70
    FernandoMaclean fernando-maclean336@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.129
    olowoeyolateefadebay317 olowoeyolateefadebay317@gmail.com 85.12.29.57
    ChristopherRidge christopherridgeway23@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.53.87
    smaforetagarnaa smaforetagarnariksforbund.se@gmail.com 2401:4900:138:365:43:32:21:463
    smaforetagarna smaforetagarnariksforbund.se@gmail.com 2401:4900:138:365:43:32:21:463
    ciophistingmal ciophistingmal@karamelka-mail.online 67.201.39.14
    Tony2872406431 tonytony@nekuto.brand.singles 194.99.25.223
    202:1810:50:00:9551:2342:98:89 202:1810:50:00:9551:2342:98:89 120.40.130.70
    yuqikatrina1121 yuqikatrina1121@qq.com 112.213.156.65
    shaunmcwhae7303 shaunmcwhae7303@discard.email 5.157.17.48
    PhillisHuddlesto phillishuddleston4@.mxdood.com 102.165.54.7
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    DwayneBolling75 dwaynebolling43@toy.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    michel-cumming michel-cumming@contactus.51tiemo.com 217.181.76.253
    ShantaeNewcomer shantaenewcomer76@list.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.87
    Christopher0442 christophermaynard55@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
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    wadad@13r1 smaforetagarnariksforbund.se@gmail.com 122.161.48.93
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