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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 Aug 2026 9:49 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,034
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    pammcnabb6633 pammcnabb6633@stonecreekdesk.com 45.95.117.37
    LidiaPowlett30 danielabyrne86379zdeb@b.seoautomationpro.com 94.229.71.13
    e1mfxtlbrkpxos e1mfxtlbrkpxos@emalupe.com (empty)
    MelissaY15 oxi.mu.s7.77q.g.jv.vel.9.x.t@gmail.com 176.102.222.121
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rohsfoxugoi rohsfoxugoi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ezlnnilnzKn ezlnnilnzKn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    zrachelsasdo zrachelsasdo@163.com 72.195.34.59
    libraryhcu libraryhcu@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    saraban saraban@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    li.n.k.s8.9.ma.s.t li.n.k.s8.9.ma.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    ljagnnjnyPr ljagnnjnyPr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    office.ccs office.ccs@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    facofcm facofcm@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    general general@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
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    danieltaylor1411x22v danieltaylor1411x22v@f.seoautomationpro.com 31.132.1.188
    joshuamartin9399be3k joshuamartin9399be3k@a.welcometotijuana.com 198.20.174.140
    uraipan uraipan@live.hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    TOMY snehatom@gmail.com 111.92.83.183
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    GladisSasaki15 steventaylor3117at6d@c.resorts-in-asia.com 81.92.194.186
    fenapovini88 fenapovini88@yandex.ru 194.33.36.231
    ritarita ritarita@selaze.carshop.work 83.97.118.23
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    2607:90:981:128:958:1570:897:236 2607:90:981:128:958:1570:897:236 120.40.130.70
    missuri1932 missuri1932@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    peter345321 peter345321@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    Staryrowerhehe Staryrowerhehe@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    Jflaroze Jflaroze@caramail.fr 120.40.130.70
    qr.shaky811 qr.shaky811@passmail.net 120.40.130.70
    CelinaHuman35 brandonherre@injkrea.xyz 196.51.63.145
    lolohava lolohava@altmails.com 120.40.130.70
    christinlarios christinlarios@byte1.ru 120.40.130.70
    acskyr acskyr@usa.com 120.40.130.70
    Alessandro.delcarro1991 Alessandro.delcarro1991@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    mario.stafford-1430 mario.stafford-1430@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
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    lhmemfllvoi lhmemfllvoi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    Kennethwroms ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 195.2.84.198
    ake ake@hcu.ac.th 120.40.130.70
    svscqhkynpr svscqhkynpr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    nhteeeiwzpi nhteeeiwzpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
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    anishmathewarpookara+IC anishmathewarpookara+IC@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
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    natalia.brifman natalia.brifman@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.128
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    frxzwcrawpi frxzwcrawpi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
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    ArchieHennings2 judiek4chuski@gmx.com 209.163.118.74
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    cigars cigars@cialis-otc.com 5.3.219.88