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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 - 5 Apr 2026 2:57 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,886
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    vitaligrodno vitaligrodno@mail.ru 69.114.178.57
    vitaligrodno vitaligrodno@mail.ru 2607:91:2164:43:1815:786:990:994
    lamarrejm lamarrejm@pm.me 120.40.130.70
    LYiSrMcglwtnIxaQuKrNUaEATKHRlHXMftaKyTeJHbmoLv a.ca.n.i.nez.48@gmail.com 193.189.100.199
    acidesu acidesu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Droozojef droozo@smallbutnaughty.com 95.191.67.92
    loriballard1982 loriballard1982@znemail.com 120.40.130.70
    miquelpinnock miquelpinnock@1secmail.com 104.22.17.126
    rpop-test94 rpop-test94@giacarearing.tk 185.61.220.195
    d.bienestarestudiantil d.bienestarestudiantil@ucn.edu.ni 120.40.130.70
    VeraMohr902 veramohr31@keep.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.133
    BarryCorte pearly@o.getit.email 174.64.199.82
    loriballard1982 loriballard1982@znemail.com 120.40.130.70
    direccion.investigacion direccion.investigacion@ucn.edu.ni 120.40.130.70
    MJkZaBaZmYnQvgUpcbmrGpnRbFszYevXmGFavFisihqR acan.inez4.8@gmail.com 23.151.8.88
    202:8108:8125:100:92:98:85:06 202:8108:8125:100:92:98:85:06 120.40.130.70
    gUCkmRZzIlmuWrAoMLwxNHujzjjiLLcSRlLCUMsHIvJcG a.can.in.e.z48@gmail.com 86.54.28.49
    estelalevine139 estelalevine139@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.82
    CarolineCorfield carolinecaroline2@rumigi.topless.mom 216.26.230.234
    loriballard1982 loriballard1982@znemail.com 120.40.130.70
    jenn.parrino jenn.parrino@glia.com 120.40.130.70
    XiQbiODLnJxhGswrypeKHoUmLPoZqsPySBvufhOVZfe aca.ni.n.e.z.48@gmail.com 124.198.131.173
    trenaschulze trenaschulze@doodlejump2.com 172.69.23.193
    lesterpfeiffer lesterpfeiffer@feedback.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    loriballard1982 loriballard1982@znemail.com 120.40.130.70
    elbaelba elbaelba@sulalo.digimail.info 120.40.130.70
    imaima67 imaima67@paxije.bonusmail.art 172.69.23.193
    masu.mk.han.3.00 masu.mk.han.3.00@gmail.com 45.130.81.16
    antoniomuller antoniomuller@rus-china.travel 181.177.87.136
    202:1810:40:00:0:776:67:193 202:1810:40:00:0:776:67:193 120.40.130.70
    ibrahimthomas13780 ibrahimthomas13780@b.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.244.238
    orange leaderstella0@gmail.com 166.181.85.208
    CNMCierra25539 cierradevaney70@self.ehomu.com 102.165.54.52
    johnrodriguez7851l9dv johnrodriguez7851l9dv@c.welcometotijuana.com 162.158.167.134
    kar.l.os.7.6.hy.ani.t.o.s kar.l.os.7.6.hy.ani.t.o.s@gmail.com 104.22.20.234
    home1 home1@webtoteam.shop 104.22.17.127
    201:599:90:573:96:29:2:84 201:599:90:573:96:29:2:84 120.40.130.70
    ClaudioFar claudiofarr16@about.pettin.com 23.108.47.208
    DawnaMcCar dawna-dawna90@jozeji.proton.rest 104.207.34.127
    202:8108:86:1100:2321:7250:918:100 202:8108:86:1100:2321:7250:918:100 120.40.130.70
    ofeliamoser5332 ofeliamoser5332@sanad.top 162.158.167.134
    SamualYali samualyali48@cold.muzaco.com 191.101.92.164
    JasonQ4627369955 colemanmckay1682@dvd.dns-cloud.net 188.163.49.58
    d5996b10eff0f0917b92c54fc3fbbfc2 d5996b10eff0f0917b92c54fc3fbbfc2@acc-ib.sbab.se 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:433:00:856:4369:30:1345 202:1810:433:00:856:4369:30:1345 120.40.130.70
    home1 home1@webtoteam.shop 162.158.167.134
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    jcrxem77 jcrxem77@aviator-game-best.com 144.124.254.153
    KellieMarr kelliemarroquin91@about.pettin.com 107.172.42.77
    nasserferrari67435 nasserferrari67435@c.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.154.179
    lewied lewied@berizon.net 68.134.140.158
    TerryHoran terryhoran67@about.pettin.com 192.227.238.172
    leannagibson leannagibson@mailcatch.com 172.71.158.69
    EEMShenna kimthow3209@anonmails.de 46.8.15.194
    rodrigo-burr rodrigo-burr@usdtmail.web.id 104.22.17.127
    meaganpasco9873 meaganpasco9873@mailmenot.io 172.71.158.69
    202:1808:15:834::1741:47 202:1808:15:834::1741:47 120.40.130.70
    svwqryop svwqryop@duhastmail.com 172.71.154.178
    keithbek45pfiujv keithbek45pfiujv@metromailz.com 172.71.154.179
    louellabosch louellabosch@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.178
    otismcdougall82 otismcdougall82@thewisetransfer.click 172.69.23.194
    clini.cforh.im20.2.0 clini.cforh.im20.2.0@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    EsmeraldaNorflee esmeraldanorfleet47@print.veauly.com 45.33.144.77
    gerald gerald@uraplive.com 23.229.63.50
    NBHEarle52 earleeleanor47@about.pettin.com 172.245.60.169
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    NiklasKrei ahmedmarino77088s454@c.seoautomationpro.com 152.232.33.83
    ThedaWiede thedawiedermann30@about.pettin.com 107.172.42.79
    izettagooden izettagooden@thetravellersrest.click 172.71.154.179
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    SusannaGui susannaguillory48@about.pettin.com 107.158.117.132
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    ToniLechug tonilechuga90@about.pettin.com 192.227.241.97
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    Clay98H39 fengyang984342djy@a.seoautomationpro.com 192.186.182.220
    kevin kevin@cybersocialhub.com 120.40.130.70
    opal-scott opal-scott@ulmail.web.id 212.119.40.11
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