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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 - 2 Jul 2026 7:32 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,280
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    JackieDeshotel anthonygarcia9822ditu@backlinks.monster 23.236.139.197
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    ToryAlbritton6 tory.albritton64@contact.wisetransferhubs.click 142.147.110.127
    JosephSnara nfoydogl@fuhrenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    chara.mendes61 chara.mendes61@contactus.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    202:810:1282:00:1:987:20:574 202:810:1282:00:1:987:20:574 120.40.130.70
    2600:1700:767:100:69:71:18:08 2600:1700:767:100:69:71:18:08 120.40.130.70
    ClarkEastham4 darrelllothian@anonmails.de 5.181.170.217
    ethan-ethan ethan-ethan@giroce.shinemail.cc 172.69.22.86
    BrookeC409881367 brooke.brooke@yanafa.vcams.info 162.252.55.232
    casgogo152 casgogo152@blogwebsite.top 172.71.159.81
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    EloisaLeidig787 christopherlopez21685ha3@b.gsasearchengineranker.c 107.173.142.173
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    AngeliaKirkcaldi hwalucio@solstris.com 23.95.81.223
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    roseannadana71 roseannadana71@photo.veauly.com 104.22.20.143
    terrencecatts terrencecatts@gizbo777gamblin.top 104.22.20.142
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    iyarenkova iyarenkova@mail.ru 92.36.28.18
    ggmconsultoriaydesarrollo ggmconsultoriaydesarrollo@gmail.com 90.166.19.68
    norman.norman55 norman.norman55@faxiho.smush.space 193.42.245.16
    StevenGreco stevensteven@yumayo.mailbox.mom 194.110.150.237
    RaleighNeblett2 danielgonzalez5719mnz3@travel-e-store.com 103.240.99.156
    sheilamiele sheilamiele@linkalexis4d.com 172.69.22.86
    KeenanLeachman keenan-leachman31@quickanswer.wisetransferhubs.cli 199.34.89.253
    josephdavis6747t7bn josephdavis6747t7bn@gsasearchengineranker.shop 193.168.180.56
    JanieCoi770 karenlopez89400j56p@a.seoautomationpro.com 188.166.246.141
    jolenemerry jolenemerry@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    JanieCoi770 karenlopez89400j56p@a.seoautomationpro.com 64.176.80.42
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    LinneaBoulger6 linneaboulger94@toy.pettin.com 181.215.16.247
    TarenRoger3744 taren-taren5@famugu.maptech.online 93.177.94.73
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    LGWSherman shermanleworthy83@fast.veauly.com 223.29.254.158
    gsa gsa@supportmail.exyuiptv.org 104.22.17.127
    JameyBavister8 sarahwilson3698g6rl@welcometotijuana.com 196.51.108.13
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    allrank26 allrank26@blogwebsite.top 172.69.22.86
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    tiffanibarringer tiffanibarringer@1secmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2003::722:938:18:09:927:78 2003::722:938:18:09:927:78 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:1200:894:565:46:6 202:03:8:1200:894:565:46:6 120.40.130.70
    demi-demi95 demi-demi95@kocuvu.paper.beer 31.40.195.103
    202:1811:114:8900:58:179:00:28 202:1811:114:8900:58:179:00:28 120.40.130.70
    IsaacSek reception@tamworthlodgemotel.com.au 158.173.75.204
    brettmercer brettmercer@lurah4d.store 162.158.167.122
    202:03:8:1200:894:565:46:6 202:03:8:1200:894:565:46:6 120.40.130.70
    msubb msubb@webtoteam.shop 172.69.135.13
    202:1811:114:8900:58:179:00:28 202:1811:114:8900:58:179:00:28 120.40.130.70
    rodnicklin rodnicklin@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    globalnetworkengineering globalnetworkengineering@spglobal.com 120.40.130.70
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