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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 Aug 2026 6:18 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,836
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    matt.whitworth-leibowitz matt.whitworth-leibowitz@healthypplevery.org 167.160.74.135
    AllenAleman haocolombo5434@seoautomationpro.com 66.63.164.35
    mzdquoni mzdquoni@ishowfirstmail.com 104.23.221.145
    gregmccash gregmccash@discard.email 23.19.248.244
    charlessmith11487kcz charlessmith11487kcz@linkbuilding.club 120.40.130.70
    AvaThompson6596 avathompson1@dear.mxdood.com 181.215.16.219
    SerenaTeeter5 serenateeter96@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.169
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DouglasTracey myrtleleila@solstris.com 191.101.92.183
    JarredCathey jarredcathey76@.mxdood.com 223.29.254.158
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    Darlene52C darlenecallaway78@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    matthewdavis42803ar0 matthewdavis42803ar0@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    legal legal@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    malcolmgenovese-capone malcolmgenovese-capone@healthypplevery.org 130.254.112.15
    ar-enterprise ar-enterprise@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    dsar dsar@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    contract-notices contract-notices@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    FosterPung fosterpung13@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    mariannaprofatilova2017 mariannaprofatilova2017@gmail.com 2607:49:7543:600:92:95:79:7
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    how how@blogranks.top 2.57.23.72
    TajMakinson laurindahayman1666@anonmails.de 154.208.61.198
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rufusrufus rufusrufus@dumulo.bonusmail.art 31.134.12.187
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bkgkwxhx bkgkwxhx@duhastmail.com 45.67.210.21
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LonnaSommerlad lonnasommerlad52@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.175
    CharlineGottscha charlinegottschalk41@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.173
    lukas.ciullo lukas.ciullo@take-ur-vites.org 158.62.210.136
    lola.lola lola.lola@dinoha.shinemail.cc 31.134.2.193
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MayraL4590 mayrahutson74@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.117
    20:41:89:2146:869:2:75:587 20:41:89:2146:869:2:75:587 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JosieMattos josiemattos86@dear.mxdood.com 144.48.52.117
    BillyFreeland24 billyfreeland35@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.55.40
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AlineCoventry7 alinecoventry@vipcherry.com 120.11.97.28
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:378::866:78
    Josephavals l.i.n.ks89.ma.st.@gmail.com 31.169.53.89
    austinunior1779 austinunior@126.com 41.220.17.62
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:3977::684:977
    BrandonMcElhaney brandonmcelhaney50@hell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.117
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 209:3:919:27::44:6
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 202:267:69:076:0:2000:0:
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 146.75.223.108
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:35::4:5
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    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 146.75.128.212
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:329::48:829
    amelie.camprisi41 amelie.camprisi41@healthypplevery.org 130.254.112.15
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:3406:3::84:
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:386::186:86
    karenlopez7213l5oq karenlopez7213l5oq@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:3632::11:8632
    Josephavals l.i.n.ks89.ma.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:3566::781:566
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 209:3:851:8:::367
    bobanddonna bobanddonna@fuse.net 204:441:320:397::392:197
    JoycelynMcGowen joycelynmcgowen68@toy.pettin.com 23.81.230.194
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70