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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 - 22 Nov 2025 12:48 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,981
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JameGetty5 wilfredowallace@hidebox.org 91.90.123.188
    a.x.y.melnik a.x.y.melnik@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Virgil61A323480 wlennewitznwr68@nestmailbox.com 107.173.46.126
    sanchezchaconkarinaevelyn sanchezchaconkarinaevelyn@gmail.comkpxey 148.222.230.206
    audrymangum audrymangum@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.66
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    wilburormond wilburormond@anonmails.de 172.69.23.148
    RobertHom Colabatalcomma@webmailzx.com 178.159.37.16
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    sanchezchaconkarinaevelyn sanchezchaconkarinaevelyn@gmail.com 148.222.230.206
    info708 info708@2-construction.store 162.158.167.43
    RobertHom Colabatalcomma@webmailzx.com 159.65.245.255
    martynas martynas@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    charlotte-bass412 charlotte-bass412@slgdaily.xyz 165.231.97.12
    reg.gieth.em.a.s.te.r.33.3 reg.gieth.em.a.s.te.r.33.3@gmail.com 216.24.212.173
    ian ian@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    MurrayBeadle wjaropolku03r68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.113.92
    ShantellKarn lauridorsett8909@mailmenot.io 109.248.143.37
    hiramkitchens6321 hiramkitchens6321@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.135.60
    kristina kristina@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    deividas deividas@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    lina lina@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    ieva ieva@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    bettinaconrad.2384 bettinaconrad.2384@healthdietshop.com 82.27.246.118
    LeathaHalpern leathahalpern99@seat.muzaco.com 102.165.53.66
    vytautas vytautas@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    ChristianeRansom christiane-ransom94@portaldenoticias.top 104.193.213.214
    calliekohn calliekohn@usgeek.org 120.11.97.203
    KristalIredale kristal-iredale@gmtclinic.ru 45.87.253.179
    cnmkkcry cnmkkcry@tacoblastmail.com 109.248.143.26
    RaulDeLissa733 raul-delissa@smass.store 45.89.100.218
    f.edo.rmu.tanis f.edo.rmu.tanis@gmail.com 86.106.74.252
    adam adam@betgames.tv 120.40.130.70
    homepage homepage@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    nikola nikola@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    ceceliaschlapp6451 ceceliaschlapp6451@anonmails.de 172.69.135.59
    RenaTroedel909 rena.rena76@cofano.loop.mom 31.134.3.162
    kovalevvladmt5096 kovalevvladmt5096@rambler.ru 172.71.154.66
    lynwoodholloway lynwoodholloway@solution.travellerrpg.click 109.122.24.71
    magdeburgsales magdeburgsales@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    braunschweigsales braunschweigsales@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    charleswelsh charleswelsh@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.148
    anyacopeland32 anyacopeland32@timminsgoldminetour.com 172.69.23.148
    MarceloShore marceloshore87@guid.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    LeticiaVigna leticia-vigna@wecare.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    steffen-steffen steffen-steffen@yexifu.3mail.info 140.235.169.105
    kory.arce kory.arce@gamesall.life 172.69.134.211
    bennyscott66 bennyscott66@inquiries.costcotravel.click 162.158.167.43
    SheenaMacdonald sheena-sheena@puzego.fckmail.online 193.202.16.250
    marla-ashby marla-ashby@cryptoboss777vegas.top 149.126.216.26
    Amelia88H669 amelia-kimbrough20@travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    flopeaz flopeaz@casinovkaz.fun 170.168.122.36
    VidaClever4544 vida.clever@assist.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    LydiaFidler4769 lydia-fidler@assist.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    VonGonsalves698 vongonsalves7552@healthdietshop.com 82.24.239.197
    2001:102:1:200:2535:0:506:6 2001:102:1:200:2535:0:506:6 120.40.130.70
    202:45:8255:0:998:79:68:27 202:45:8255:0:998:79:68:27 120.40.130.70
    JanellHazeltine janell.hazeltine@guid.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    beverly90 beverly90@meta.ua 172.69.134.210
    DeanMcmillian2 deanmcmillian98@enquiry.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    JuanitaMajeski juanitamajeski@wecare.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    maryrodriguez3490moi maryrodriguez3490moi@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.154.66
    vilmahutchings vilmahutchings@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.66
    familiacamargocomercial familiacamargocomercial@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    dolly.crutchfield dolly.crutchfield@fpsrealm.xyz 165.231.97.144
    marketing24x7 marketing24x7@nytimesnewstoday.com 152.58.116.106
    levi-heflin95 levi-heflin95@9cec.hairbrainedideas.store 172.69.134.211
    DuaneHerington7 duane.herington86@enquiry.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    RandyWick3594 randy.wick@guid.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    johndavis6398w4r9 johndavis6398w4r9@blog-stuff.com 107.173.28.148
    EloiseStover812 eloise.stover@assist.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    jerrylindhorst1960 jerrylindhorst1960@salpingomyu.ru 64.31.20.24
    KaleyBeattie16 kaleybeattie28@assist.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    2001:100:903:6300:208:144:340:375 2001:100:903:6300:208:144:340:375 120.40.130.70
    RandellWhitely9 randell.whitely@dykaya.com 77.238.254.196
    tara-rude76 tara-rude76@41d6.hairbrainedideas.store 23.105.5.189
    IngeLiddell6608 ingeliddell@wecare.travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    SimaWyselaskie silbara48@web.de 178.20.42.231
    MckinleyLaws1 andreasteadman638@discard.email 94.31.117.92
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