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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 - 29 Apr 2026 1:12 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,205
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    sibylbitner85 sibylbitner85@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Georgianna42A georgiannascherer95@seven.vietnambrandmatters.com 66.212.27.68
    RoscoeRtd915 wgalion43r85@nestmailbox.com 167.160.165.76
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    IrvinKopf174 donaldmiller8339axjw@gsasearchengineranker.com 66.212.27.68
    40-Ft-Container-For-Sale3865 andrebeeton81@sise.claxyn.org 185.176.207.101
    202:8108:8125:100:02:9700:5:69 202:8108:8125:100:02:9700:5:69 120.40.130.70
    ryangreen1922 ryangreen1922@salpingomyu.ru 120.40.130.70
    george-george george-george@wonixi.mailbox.mom 104.207.47.31
    zeila zeila@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    alejandrojackson alejandrojackson@eurovip.club 120.40.130.70
    jennifergarcia3920drbr jennifergarcia3920drbr@d.blog-stuff.com 120.40.130.70
    margueriteacuna4967 margueriteacuna4967@mailcatch.com 172.71.158.68
    comercial comercial@toppen.com.br 120.40.130.70
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    b.ai.lbo.n.ds.3.50 b.ai.lbo.n.ds.3.50@gmail.com 104.22.20.142
    nikolaii-shevcov nikolaii-shevcov@mail.ru 178.20.45.128
    202:1810:0:00:150:8:389:37 202:1810:0:00:150:8:389:37 120.40.130.70
    Amitriptyline-Online-Legit-Source5751 augustaprowse59@tute.lyvix.org 102.165.0.210
    30-Foot-Container0375 chelseydortch37@sise.claxyn.org 86.105.185.48
    Aluminum-Window-Fitting3433 marinafield66@semo.claxyn.com 102.165.1.97
    202:1810:0:00:150:8:389:37 202:1810:0:00:150:8:389:37 120.40.130.70
    paulhernandez3170n9tl paulhernandez3170n9tl@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 120.40.130.70
    Back-Door-Installers-That-Come-To-You4515 imaknutson57@semo.claxyn.com 2.57.23.215
    BellaNeill35797 bellaneill97@teen.milkgg.com 45.84.192.5
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    MoseSams769 wdequitanfr85@nestmailbox.com 152.232.53.38
    CarrieDoe018980 patriciakobayashi93449@a.seoautomationpro.com 107.172.55.5
    Buy-Real-Steroids-Russia4772 jaclynkindel55@tapi.xylzen.com 193.58.104.215
    haldor6923 haldor6923@ligmamail.com 37.46.113.158
    emily.cummings emily.cummings@ayazsarris.ru 120.40.130.70
    2603:8082:800:1:8872:391:973:4 2603:8082:800:1:8872:391:973:4 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23muh xrumer23muh@gmail.com 157.22.73.39
    ouvidoriacadastropositivo ouvidoriacadastropositivo@spcbrasil.org.br 120.40.130.70
    compliance.certificacao compliance.certificacao@spcbrasil.org.br 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    2600:1700:7830:20:7:84:22:68 2600:1700:7830:20:7:84:22:68 120.40.130.70
    IEBIsabell barbaralopez7508exl9@backlinks.monster 23.236.242.113
    TEF-Certificate-Purchase9369 mindysleeman30@tute.blyxen.com 185.213.245.121
    i.e.i.ei.d60. i.e.i.ei.d60.@gmail.com 146.70.169.245
    Portuguese-Driving-License-Renewal5822 tajheberling53@simu.hivoltz.org 194.53.140.72
    Anneliese53Y ryoliu56830lve7@a.seoautomationpro.com 38.154.78.122
    edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado@sigaantenado.com.br 120.40.130.70
    MadonnaU59 madonna.madonna@jekaxo.kizmet.space 45.3.38.75
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    pbm pbm@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    licitacoes licitacoes@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    20ft-Storage-Container6493 jaymeterrell13@sise.claxyn.org 102.165.1.101
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    rj.administrativo rj.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    eleicoes2015 eleicoes2015@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    neodata neodata@sysly.lol 120.40.130.70
    hermelinda-haggard hermelinda-haggard@kudagacor.fun. 162.212.168.123
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