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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 - 19 Nov 2025 2:41 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,109
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    FEQAbigail abigailhardison98@rti.relucius.com 198.20.188.85
    ElvaDtp0787 elvagodfrey.3181@healthdietshop.com 154.29.25.243
    2600:4040:926:600:56:78:174: 2600:4040:926:600:56:78:174: 120.40.130.70
    hesterdailey hesterdailey@anonmails.de 172.69.134.211
    irinaaleksandrova65352 irinaaleksandrova65352@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    olesya.zhukova.1994 olesya.zhukova.1994@bk.ru 83.217.213.120
    andris.bringis andris.bringis@inbox.lv 77.219.13.104
    blondellbrose8152 blondellbrose8152@discard.email 162.158.166.210
    msnhst msnhst@microsoft.com 120.40.130.70
    domains domains@microsoft.com 120.40.130.70
    dinastiyaz dinastiyaz@lordgames.ru 120.40.130.70
    van van@f.skywardhub.online 172.69.134.210
    B352043622881 per.sai.to.v.2.0@gmail.com 45.84.176.188
    5ror43n9oq 5ror43n9oq@illubd.com 172.71.154.67
    shirleymadigan shirleymadigan@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.210
    agrofield agrofield@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    Edwinlew jaylenbailey11@gmail.com 31.173.82.213
    lida.pence lida.pence@d1e4.novagroup.biz 23.19.82.83
    wsalubres1ir69 wsalubres1ir69@nestmailbox.com 172.69.134.210
    trivera trivera@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    uczen.daria00 uczen.daria00@wp.pl 91.242.63.166
    msmith msmith@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    agrofield agrofield@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    hr hr@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    madonnamccrary madonnamccrary@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.154.66
    AmandaMillsaps amandamillsaps-950@healthdietshop.com 50.114.99.129
    bradywentz88 bradywentz88@burn.mxdood.com 162.158.166.211
    domains domains@microsoft.com 120.40.130.70
    msnhst msnhst@microsoft.com 120.40.130.70
    mcarlow mcarlow@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    joe joe@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    Williesnimb tiffany.hainsworth@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    evelynbutterfield evelynbutterfield@mailmenot.io 172.69.23.147
    97368331554190 p.er.s.a.itov.20@gmail.com 46.8.23.244
    apittyttsa1221 apittyttsa@126.com 154.16.115.97
    JasonAcerb yourmail@gmail.com 8.219.64.236
    JasonAcerb yourmail@gmail.com 72.56.79.36
    jehnztivanovay480 jehnztivanovay@vip.163.com 154.16.115.97
    hesterdailey hesterdailey@anonmails.de 45.12.108.196
    FelicitasHnh wa2f1ccxr69@nestmailbox.com 196.51.111.157
    Jenna530149995 jennadowse98@last.muzaco.com 154.16.69.108
    evelynbutterfield evelynbutterfield@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.211
    Jamesgek dsdmelissa@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    2223901351680 p.ersa.i.t.o.v.2.1@gmail.com 212.115.49.146
    mira.clarkson mira.clarkson@emailgsa12.xyz 162.158.166.210
    KeithImake mtwills43@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    KurtYanez6482 rpop-test84@itatac.tk 199.116.114.11
    kayegourley1912 kayegourley1912@emotionalfml.com 120.40.130.70
    evie-haywood evie-haywood@healthdietshop.com 172.69.23.147
    Charliefok jenflom@gmail.com 178.176.72.50
    KeithImake palmer.mathew@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    JTSLily404521 wfupziliopduridpr69@nestmailbox.com 107.175.2.100
    netops netops@mempool.space 120.40.130.70
    Johnnyven kandyssw@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    Verena6983 wdraffievmr69@nestmailbox.com 23.95.9.87
    azizbekxudaybergenov708 azizbekxudaybergenov708@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    hellenhansell62 hellenhansell62@wild.ehomu.com 172.69.23.148
    softsimon softsimon@mempool.space 120.40.130.70
    liza liza@roofvent.xyz 172.69.134.211
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    emeron emeron@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    manuelacairns9334 manuelacairns9334@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.211
    ClaribelRosman wzokudlalakfr69@nestmailbox.com 23.95.9.96
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    ivens ivens@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    Grorturo Grorturo@andro-players.com 166.1.161.127
    cacjaru cacjaru@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    freddiecolechin533 freddiecolechin533@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.159.138
    2001:106:2804:100:7093:333:65:6 2001:106:2804:100:7093:333:65:6 120.40.130.70
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