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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 - 6 May 2026 4:03 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,854
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dawn.briggs dawn.briggs@azizaryb.ru 172.71.154.178
    timw timw@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    jack.bourque jack.bourque@ayazsarris.ru 172.71.158.69
    BlancheEastin9 blancheeastin72@put.pettin.com 154.16.69.76
    korakoch.wilailux korakoch.wilailux@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:8807:90:8300:845:2:65:9366 2600:8807:90:8300:845:2:65:9366 120.40.130.70
    jessica.long.90663894 jessica.long.90663894@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    casey.heagerty casey.heagerty@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    100006702662878 100006702662878@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    rseu rseu@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    nikita1546 nikita1546@casinotds.xyz 149.202.84.95
    leonore-hamel leonore-hamel@mysecuremail.xyz 172.71.158.68
    elkebohn elkebohn@asia.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.126
    renemacdougall renemacdougall@kt-gmail.com 172.71.154.179
    38417813 38417813@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    robbie.kb.2018 robbie.kb.2018@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    angelslikethis angelslikethis@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    kennetham kennetham@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    tomtest1 tomtest1@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:3135:4:5:894:0:350 2607:91:3135:4:5:894:0:350 120.40.130.70
    merry.moose merry.moose@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    injhqmsd injhqmsd@reevalmail.com 172.69.23.193
    guillaume.valcin guillaume.valcin@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    fleetinmotion fleetinmotion@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    rose.beghtolhunt rose.beghtolhunt@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    twylabody62 twylabody62@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.168
    WilliamsEaton7 williamseaton48@dixz.org 120.11.93.62
    dorothea.oberlander dorothea.oberlander@ayazsarris.ru 104.22.20.142
    chuancarlos chuancarlos@inbox.lv 146.70.123.196
    v.la.d.p.ola.k42.3 v.la.d.p.ola.k42.3@gmail.com 89.124.94.93
    wiley wiley@a.fruitingbodymushrooms.online 194.61.31.157
    ismaelearnhardt7325 ismaelearnhardt7325@pw.epac.to 104.22.20.143
    FawnMascorro19 fawn-fawn@rociyi.redmail.click 45.159.23.80
    melcrabtree melcrabtree@slgdaily.xyz 172.71.154.179
    dmaqrporbsa dmaqrporbsa@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    tammyvos585 tammyvos585@slgdaily.xyz 162.158.167.133
    emmettaguayo3081 emmettaguayo3081@checkotpmail.com 172.69.23.194
    coy-hipple-8462 coy-hipple-8462@slgdaily.xyz 172.69.134.83
    KristoferX50 kristofernewport49@fiber.pettin.com 154.16.69.81
    helainemacfarland helainemacfarland@cryptoboss-efv.top 104.22.20.143
    regenasweat-3221 regenasweat-3221@cryptobossultrawin7.casino 172.71.154.179
    alexander.reid alexander.reid@jmailservice.com 120.40.130.70
    ksps_qmMt Beret@f.chestpain.one 89.124.114.167
    mollyderham mollyderham@kudagacor.fun 172.71.158.68
    consueloverret43 consueloverret43@sise.glinxy.com 120.40.130.70
    kadeokeefe13 kadeokeefe13@proton.me 206.176.195.218
    geriseeley4078 geriseeley4078@admiralx-qq.click 162.158.167.134
    kade13 kade13@proton.me 206.176.195.218
    marksmith1778czu7 marksmith1778czu7@c.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    j.a.c.k.r.a.m.i.re.z.new.ac.c j.a.c.k.r.a.m.i.re.z.new.ac.c@gmail.com 89.124.83.75
    fuuotocq fuuotocq@bekommenmail.com 172.69.134.83
    lourdesvalasquez10 lourdesvalasquez10@tapo.glinxy.org 104.22.20.143
    denis.novikov730 denis.novikov730@casinotds.xyz 104.22.17.127
    DanielBarfield daniel-barfield@bcb9.xk29sd.site 31.56.98.63
    202:8434:60:9201::94:82:41 202:8434:60:9201::94:82:41 120.40.130.70
    Nasir nasirzaman03012@gmail.com 147.135.4.96
    DonaldE829 donaldglass97@5984.wefixsofteners.com 141.164.86.90
    emerson-steffan emerson-steffan@zoomaslots-fortune.top 172.71.158.69
    deonpease deonpease@azino777-nexus.com 172.69.134.82
    francescodemoss62 francescodemoss62@fast.veauly.com 104.22.20.143
    Suzette8867 westripasgdr86@nestmailbox.com 196.51.12.203
    03091414502716 qprzccnlwk@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    elkebohn elkebohn@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.83
    oomxyzxcmo oomxyzxcmo@rambler.ru 209.127.8.237
    alximikkobra9 alximikkobra9@emailn.de 120.40.130.70
    PabloWhipple61 pablo.whipple-6611@mailwhatmail.com 212.34.139.107
    madelle madelle@dontstress.online 172.71.158.69
    foxkids foxkids@max.ru 120.40.130.70
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    wizard wizard@max.ru 120.40.130.70
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    asaearnhardt asaearnhardt@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.142
    GretaC030524 gretamoultrie96@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.4