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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 Nov 2025 7:27 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,393
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    MelinaLambert grettathornhill@freundin.ru 147.53.114.116
    TonyaLivingston billyroger3729@spambog.com 138.229.96.225
    info info@strictlydigital.net 120.40.130.70
    rubye.lombardi72 rubye.lombardi72@fastmailservice.xyz 209.50.176.75
    Georgewem pubudu27@gmail.com 178.176.72.34
    rogerthiel971 rogerthiel971@asia.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.67
    LenoreSolano662 lenoresolano99@wild.ehomu.com 154.16.69.70
    202:598:96:800::1200:129 202:598:96:800::1200:129 120.40.130.70
    shirleypaparo1988 shirleypaparo1988@acetylcholgh.ru 172.69.134.211
    DelbertTyler0 delberttyler19@16de.adanayes4.xyz 38.154.48.221
    202:1810:927:9700:8:2:42:60 202:1810:927:9700:8:2:42:60 120.40.130.70
    LelandLeslie745 leland.leslie68@16de.adanayes4.xyz 38.154.48.171
    contacts contacts@avtohelp.kiev.ua 120.40.130.70
    Gilberttet jdhirt@gmail.com 178.176.76.245
    ElisabethCoronad elisabethcoronado@tutu.dobunny.com 104.129.39.236
    verifgas3 verifgas3@konstruksituntas.com 172.69.23.148
    MabelVelazquez7 mabelvelazquez86@gti.scoldly.com 38.154.74.98
    Thomassmusy bahenaedith702@yahoo.com 178.176.76.245
    aguedafredricksen7379 aguedafredricksen7379@anonmails.de 172.69.134.211
    ellachvs ellachvs@126.com 72.211.46.99
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    aposentados.cadastro aposentados.cadastro@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    GwendolynDupree gwendolyndupree29@tutu.estabbi.com 198.20.188.11
    am.administrativo am.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    Roberthatte Drnus@aol.com 31.173.81.250
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    pi.administrativo pi.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    pbm pbm@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    AshtonLouis ashtonlouis47@river.muzaco.com 85.208.115.190
    licitacoes licitacoes@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    exclusao exclusao@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    coefa coefa@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:858:400:7498:9998:40:2 202:1810:858:400:7498:9998:40:2 120.40.130.70
    meucadastro meucadastro@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    eleicoes2015 eleicoes2015@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    es.administrativo es.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ColumbusForan4 columbusforan51@role.cdfaq.com 209.127.28.234
    SamiraStanford samirastanford71@among.ehomu.com 85.208.115.53
    lynettepurcell32 lynettepurcell32@emailgsa2.xyz 172.71.159.137
    xrumer23Prike xrumer23Prike@gmail.com 172.69.23.148
    neysa neysa@b.gsaser.world 172.71.154.66
    craig-carrico craig-carrico@emailgsa2.xyz 103.204.108.161
    FrancisGloth bahenaedith702@yahoo.com 31.173.86.35
    RosieS7764400032 rosiegoldsmith@def.vocalmajoritynow.com 38.154.74.116
    kashacuccoli-greenfield kashacuccoli-greenfield@healthypplevery.org 167.160.78.1
    edenjessup1432 edenjessup1432@adult-work.info 162.158.166.211
    info info@speed-seo.net 120.40.130.70
    ronniefugate ronniefugate@healthypplevery.org 142.147.108.100
    jeromelewis jeromelewis@take-ur-vites.org 172.96.95.22
    PamalaOlsen3 pamalaolsen@support.51tiemo.com 89.208.53.226
    romanovandrejnx9929 romanovandrejnx9929@rambler.ru 162.158.166.210
    JamesRal mrand27@yahoo.com 31.173.86.66
    laurene.humble.1099 laurene.humble.1099@galaga.ee 172.71.159.137
    MaurineIsles66 maurineisles@rakiy.m8sbeingm8s.com 204.44.76.153
    IvyDriskell8 ivy-driskell30@support.51tiemo.com 186.179.19.209
    ElijahRosman49 elijah-rosman12@support.51tiemo.com 45.73.160.12
    belen-fugate belen-fugate@post.gatewayrealestate.click 162.158.166.210
    ChrisNor NICHOLASEDEL@AOL.COM 178.176.76.102
    dlrsaul dlrsaul@bittermail.site 80.71.154.197
    phoebewhitmore226 phoebewhitmore226@mailmenot.io 162.158.166.211
    melgrullon9873 melgrullon9873@now.mefound.com 172.71.159.137