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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 - 31 Dec 2025 5:05 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,070
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    louannatencio11 louannatencio11@good.ivolix.org 104.22.20.178
    MelvinaFanny melvinafanny8@mobilecarwash.nyc 104.160.17.43
    EarleneBillups earlene-billups@instantemailinbox.shop 23.94.51.196
    Suzanne1196 nilawille@anonmails.de 146.70.123.108
    ann.humble43 ann.humble43@3221.hairbrainedideas.store 172.71.154.179
    HannaCaro47 helpwitheverythingathome@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    edithforeman11 edithforeman11@carolinensielkarte.click 109.122.24.41
    dolphin77 dolphin77@poczta.fm 91.150.222.4
    MarielDeMaistre elianagne@gmx.com 179.102.45.63
    timesentrySales timesentrySales@proton.me 3.93.40.64
    EpifaniaGlenelg epifania-glenelg29@7d72.cycz.xyz 23.229.56.99
    annettenumbers7012 annettenumbers7012@0815.ru 172.71.159.82
    rickiegriswold rickiegriswold@mailmenot.io 104.167.196.60
    heidisalter6644 heidisalter6644@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    DollyY30150784 dolly.cambell@bc69.tgvc.xyz 23.229.56.95
    EmelyDeBoos383 emelydeboos@9286.tgvc.xyz 38.154.48.233
    Cornellrhive denis.krasnikovvlb@gmail.com 162.241.207.216
    genieduarte genieduarte@discardmail.com 172.71.154.179
    gregrastts4722 gregrastts@126.com 154.16.115.97
    apatrickfrances3901 apatrickfrances@126.com 154.16.115.97
    salliehorst49 salliehorst49@51tiemo.com 172.71.154.179
    rebeccashelton2009 rebeccashelton2009@salpingomyu.ru 104.22.17.127
    SelmaBottrill46 selmabottrill71@eastloud.com 192.210.188.99
    EfrainMarchant5 efrainmarchant@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.170.81
    FaeSiemens9 fae.siemens@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.170.71
    ShoshanaBrittain shoshanabrittain57@eastloud.com 94.72.182.209
    FaeSiemens9 fae.siemens@support.51tiemo.com 45.206.73.24
    FosterEmmons fosteremmons69@mobilecarwash.nyc 207.244.118.18
    chet-hargis chet-hargis@357c.hairbrainedideas.store 23.105.5.136
    JuanaProeschel8 juanaproeschel66@mobilelaundry.nyc 162.212.169.95
    adakiefer7260 adakiefer7260@23.8.dnsabr.com 88.99.9.194
    BrunoTroup747 bruno.troup@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.150.155
    sheritamallette97 sheritamallette97@tupu.lyvix.org 172.71.154.179
    FranciscoKeegan francisco.keegan36@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.170.90
    lin.ks.89m.a.st. lin.ks.89m.a.st.@gmail.com 172.69.23.70
    FranciscoKeegan francisco.keegan36@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.168.75
    hymangoldstein1364 hymangoldstein1364@spambog.ru 172.71.159.82
    RacheleGaylord rachelegaylord68@eastloud.com 104.160.17.43
    les.carner38 les.carner38@41d6.hairbrainedideas.store 23.82.85.191
    MorrisEdler1 its807@ak.gy 165.231.24.61
    jettmatney1913 jettmatney1913@8.dnsabr.com 23.95.97.133
    roxannapardue-1676 roxannapardue-1676@lvdskjn.store 104.22.20.178
    mari-bath4 mari-bath4@b0fc.hairbrainedideas.store 172.69.134.210
    202:1810:843:2500:68:45:74:689 202:1810:843:2500:68:45:74:689 120.40.130.70
    mike mike@monkeydigital.co 120.40.130.70
    Brock89427313 brockstockman@hypezone.top 72.56.159.128
    anibalfullwood anibalfullwood@anonmails.de 84.54.53.22
    johnnie-broderick johnnie-broderick@digitalmailservice.xyz 209.50.167.182
    helen-catron helen-catron@phinvitation.com 107.175.147.191
    ClaudeMilam claude.milam28@onepureedge.com 107.172.67.143
    TomDunbabin tom.dunbabin@cryptoboss-wildcard.top 72.56.145.160
    MarilynnCmh binhit915@ak.gy 196.242.47.16
    LauraVigano0 laura.vigano@hypezone.top 72.56.158.41
    stephanyhash stephanyhash@freundin.ru 104.22.17.127
    waylonswigert waylonswigert@hqt.one 172.71.154.178
    charlesdavis4711zjro charlesdavis4711zjro@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.134.210
    albertocorin6653 albertocorin6653@koes.justdied.com 104.22.20.178
    hattieyencken hattieyencken@travel4all.org 46.8.57.133
    KatherinaVergara katherinavergara@emailplusinbox.shop 23.94.52.228
    SusanGgi6504 dd1@webtoteam.shop 5.181.131.108
    marquitasuffolk marquitasuffolk@anonmails.de 45.83.116.216
    mairamayo mairamayo@dvd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.43
    TraciEei6938 tracireye@hypezone.top 72.56.159.139
    JannieWeston janniejannie43@zorudi.chicagoes.xyz 31.134.12.122
    Alexandra35E alexandralandry66@cleanmaids.nyc 191.102.143.191
    nancymosman74 nancymosman74@tase.ophixy.com 172.71.159.82
    beatriskeane9345 beatriskeane9345@premieremailinbox.shop 186.179.52.50
    MinervaKruger74 minerva-kruger-9026@cryptoboss-wildcard.top 72.56.145.61
    CindiLapine48 topone69@blogwebsite.top 94.103.191.5
    3.m.rha.h.n 3.m.rha.h.n@gmail.com 185.155.96.32
    links8.9.mast. links8.9.mast.@gmail.com 205.237.111.130
    2603:7001:40:074:2518:2441:30:0 2603:7001:40:074:2518:2441:30:0 120.40.130.70
    lindamiller829ieqm lindamiller829ieqm@a.travel-e-store.com 104.22.20.178
    ferne.gresham ferne.gresham@ubghub.com 172.69.134.211
    RondaMarx8773 rondamarx@cryptoboss-wildcard.top 72.56.159.229
    andrea-martinez andrea-martinez@357c.hairbrainedideas.store 172.69.23.69
    samaracranford samaracranford@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    CharleneGertrude charlenegertrude5865@hypezone.top 72.56.145.116
    dianelias7240 dianelias7240@discardmail.com 172.69.134.211