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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 - 4 Aug 2026 8:13 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,177
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    KPNJacelyn reggieramsden5998@anonmails.de 45.147.193.172
    Nereida02X cvthvhonwy@rambler.ru 109.106.137.5
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KathleenCastles wcrosaim8hr92@nestmailbox.com 78.157.213.28
    how1 how1@blogranks.top 2.57.23.111
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AntonOrsini2 antonorsini27@act.milkgg.com 181.215.16.247
    KurtisFavela78 kurtisfavela84@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.53.166
    ChristieO63 christieprieto29@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.175
    StephaineFuqua9 cassieblyth5709@anonmails.de 109.248.139.186
    YDODolly65198456 dollyoakley6@among.ehomu.com 102.165.53.87
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MattieMcColliste mattiemccollister81@pound.milkgg.com 177.234.143.121
    JessicaSchweizer junestambaugh@anonmails.de 45.89.101.145
    v.a.ne.s.sa.mil.n.e.r.sro.w v.a.ne.s.sa.mil.n.e.r.sro.w@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nip.is.ak.o.t5.5 nip.is.ak.o.t5.5@gmail.com 146.103.107.50
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    az az@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:1:24:865:1:28:906 2607:91:1:24:865:1:28:906 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lsp+arin lsp+arin@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi109 newbloghi109@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    NormandJbx richardrodriguez5708emri@gsasearchengineranker.sho 217.60.121.215
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    czuo czuo@openai.com 120.40.130.70
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    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CedricGrinder cedricgrinder48@nor.mxdood.com 181.215.16.238
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FelicitasSorlie nataliapennefather@anonmails.de 212.115.49.247
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    glindabeaulieu glindabeaulieu@jeniferconely.site 191.102.151.65
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    OliverMacFarland dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.55.238
    a.d.min. a.d.min.@krab6.id 120.40.130.70
    SamAgosto761349 nicolecuster@miscalhero.com 87.120.216.231
    eder.basurto eder.basurto@vitalmex.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CandaceGranier jessiecheek6478@hidebox.org 66.146.233.252
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BrookeMarrufo56 christopherbrown8490ouya@f.seoautomationpro.com 217.60.85.166
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    TonjaGlo0024825 tonjachewning14@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.216
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    christopher christopher@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi83 newbloghi83@blogranks.top 2.57.23.128
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:408:6500:85:00:0: 2001:100:408:6500:85:00:0: 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TishaCow6131770 tishajolly39@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    OtiliaFenstermac otilia.fenstermacher@vipcherry.com 120.11.91.51
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DwayneKeith338 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 102.165.55.164
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    anujsaharan anujsaharan@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    AndyAlbert904 andyalbert43@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.54.52