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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 - 15 Aug 2026 10:30 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,391
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    %Forum_nick% danielwilson4471n4f8@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.12.112
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JamalO2018301787 danieldavis39320his@a.verifiedlinklist.com 217.60.120.181
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:5160:100:98:65:65:920 202:8071:5160:100:98:65:65:920 120.40.130.70
    rosefiordimalva rosefiordimalva@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.138
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2603:8090:2000:74:9479:1666:885:27 2603:8090:2000:74:9479:1666:885:27 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MarielLassetter mariellassetter3@list.cdfaq.com 144.48.52.235
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2herterttg 2herterttg@anonmails.de 45.134.253.54
    ivanfuvuso ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jennifer.smith jennifer.smith@qwestisp.net 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Brittany7604 lakeshaouthwaite@trashmailr.com 217.60.161.20
    jsmith jsmith@forensicrisk.com 120.40.130.70
    jennifer.smith jennifer.smith@qwestisp.net 120.40.130.70
    james.smith james.smith@qwestisp.net 120.40.130.70
    james james@22ovz.com 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    KristaCaviness9 renadorsett9725@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 217.60.161.229
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    enriquegenerosi-borovansky enriquegenerosi-borovansky@healthypplevery.org 128.199.113.85
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    JordanWaldrop23 jordanwaldrop38@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.205
    rep505 rep505@epbfi.com 104.251.240.49
    Bernadine7662 kelliamber@solstris.com 102.165.53.105
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sdaa sdaa@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SXTJodi41119 jodi.foutch@ottopc.com 36.147.78.166
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MeganForrest meganforrest4@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    JTNMackenzie klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 191.101.92.175
    a a@xelo.pro 82.18.172.182
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EdwardLarose4 edwardlarose42@act.milkgg.com 191.101.92.164
    VanCaperton7 vancaperton36@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.55.164
    RoderickPickel2 roderickpickel57@only.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bjx5i4iii bjx5i4iii@mozmail.com 120.40.130.70
    FelishaArriola5 stevenjackson5701lnhb@b.travel-e-store.com 94.229.71.113
    barbaragarcia63408i8x barbaragarcia63408i8x@linkbuildingtools.club 77.238.236.106
    MarioMowle88002 mariomowle@jesus.kiev.ua 177.222.111.170
    ColeDryer0635 donaldbrown3097vf0g@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.229.71.116
    2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 120.40.130.70
    EmiliaRosado1 emiliarosado78@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.212
    %Forum_nick% donaldhernandez1929wsnj@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.103.79
    2607:90:385:9103:4:657:414:18 2607:90:385:9103:4:657:414:18 120.40.130.70
    DelorisBock1468 ohlala69@webtoteam.shop 193.58.104.48
    202:8109:189:400:8:52:72:285 202:8109:189:400:8:52:72:285 120.40.130.70
    willengelaudioconcepts willengelaudioconcepts@gmail.com 47.160.214.174
    david1995 hamidrezabayat1374@gamil.com 45.8.19.85
    willengelaudioconcepts willengelaudioconcepts@gmail.com 47.160.69.160
    willengelaudioconcepts willengelaudioconcepts@gmail.com 109.205.192.199
    NormaLeason944 normaleason35@.mxdood.com 102.165.53.105
    ankecusack9217 ankecusack9217@anonmails.de 45.92.124.28
    y.oy.i.rih.u.j.0.03 y.oy.i.rih.u.j.0.03@gmail.com 77.238.230.117
    fifimus fifimus@wp.pl 139.28.40.29
    fifimus fifimus@wp.pl 45.67.64.114
    LayneLiles6 layneliles100@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.175
    Vince99R48439908 vincekirklin29@stuff.mxdood.com 144.48.52.235
    WKVVelda94937 veldamansour7@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    u.f.u.k.o.pu.w2.0 u.f.u.k.o.pu.w2.0@gmail.com 195.200.16.14
    MelodeeChamplin melodeechamplin99@fiber.pettin.com 191.101.114.39
    li.n.ks89mast. li.n.ks89mast.@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    li.nk.s.8.9.mast li.nk.s.8.9.mast@gmail.com 104.28.246.128
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    l.i.nks.89.m.a.s.t. l.i.nks.89.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.127