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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 - 20 Dec 2025 3:13 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,089
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    rafaela.hales.6002 rafaela.hales.6002@bk.ru 172.69.134.211
    202:020:544:74:1:76:919:42 202:020:544:74:1:76:919:42 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:583:800:947:8:41:49 202:1810:583:800:947:8:41:49 120.40.130.70
    ianbergeron ianbergeron@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.214
    e.nte.ro.ff.i.ce.2207.2.0.2.2.3 e.nte.ro.ff.i.ce.2207.2.0.2.2.3@gmail.com 156.146.55.159
    BurtonCurnow burtoncurnow@8e4c.scalesurge.io 158.51.144.134
    shirleennielson8070 shirleennielson8070@mailcatch.com 104.22.20.179
    gates gates@awsome-gadgets.com 67.215.231.234
    omersite1 omersite1@babexxx.net 152.53.247.23
    MylesZaleski049 wusiyeb0r71@nestmailbox.com 45.33.157.238
    MaxwellJ13 werelintstr71@nestmailbox.com 45.33.157.238
    Forrest84V forrest-newsom6@ce39.scalesurge.io 158.51.144.134
    BelleKeller9933 wglommowbamigos2r71@nestmailbox.com 72.57.99.177
    FreemanAbdul freemanabdul75@181d.scalesurge.io 162.218.8.126
    HZUMorris764244 morrishomer@9253.scalesurge.io 158.51.144.150
    gregoralittle7987 gregoralittle@126.com 192.210.150.230
    abadattsa1975 abadattsa@hotmail.com 192.210.150.230
    Williamped dansbydruscillaoyu@gmail.com 192.210.150.230
    MonroeBeaty694 oliviagarcia3p@gmx.com 178.159.37.16
    SerenaHoeft wdromchlazer71@nestmailbox.com 216.158.209.3
    LavondaAlston1 wbakhulekem2r71@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.222
    ameliasullivan67538 ameliasullivan67538@d.seoautomationpro.com 108.62.102.18
    SusannahQbp susannah-beam80@8e4c.scalesurge.io 158.51.144.217
    l.in.ks8.9.m.a.st l.in.ks8.9.m.a.st@gmail.com 172.69.23.69
    INRMelba7037 wdelocutivnrr71@nestmailbox.com 72.57.99.170
    Tammara79Q kirbie@awsome-gadgets.com 173.234.250.50
    QuinnDempsey64 wlenganeocr71@nestmailbox.com 72.57.98.204
    blanchequan blanchequan@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.22.20.178
    davidjones8658rl98 davidjones8658rl98@welcometotijuana.com 196.243.240.129
    jill.seddon34 jill.seddon34@0601.novagroup.biz 23.19.82.47
    JonSheil7825 jon.sheil@087b.scalesurge.io 151.248.85.162
    mike mike@monkeydigital.co 181.214.218.220
    LottieMcBride6 berndcruickshank@11jac.com 161.129.60.115
    AntonioPendley6 kirbie@awsome-gadgets.com 173.234.249.5
    dave.slotter dave.slotter@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:18:00:8173:80:810:5 202:1810:18:00:8173:80:810:5 120.40.130.70
    jerrellhealey jerrellhealey@gmail2.gq 84.17.35.32
    jamesjackson8852psl1 jamesjackson8852psl1@welcometotijuana.com 162.158.167.213
    Generationqka mohamed.elnaggar.md@gmail.com 98.181.137.83
    shay.enticknap99 shay.enticknap99@digitalcourier.xyz 172.69.23.69
    asiagoods asiagoods@internet.ru 185.20.45.75
    veriflapakjoki3 veriflapakjoki3@konstruksituntas.com 104.22.17.126
    DominiqueNugan6 dominique-nugan@e41a.scalesurge.io 151.248.85.171
    maxsolo maxsolo@mail.ru 185.20.45.75
    e.nte.r.off.i.ce2.20720223 e.nte.r.off.i.ce2.20720223@gmail.com 156.146.55.159
    StuartXsz87 stuart-polglaze@087b.scalesurge.io 151.248.86.221
    SandyHildebrand whuttaivpr71@nestmailbox.com 45.33.145.166
    LilianKtn44333 ilanafabro8033@officecombine.com 161.129.60.115
    demetrademetra demetrademetra@cebatu.geemail.cc 31.134.3.252
    selmaroden3301 selmaroden3301@adult-work.info 162.158.167.214
    DomingoKrueger8 daleolden@xdderetronline.xyz 161.129.60.115
    letta letta@c.dontstress.online 196.51.177.216
    CruzLibby699622 cruzlibby97@hello.hexagonaldrawings.com 38.154.48.240
    KlausWinfield66 klaus-winfield23@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.105.145.58
    HarleySigel919 wkolizijn0r71@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.106
    GuillermoChamble guillermo.chambless61@9885.scalesurge.io 195.138.117.151
    robtbowie robtbowie@freundin.ru 104.22.17.127
    BebeGambrel1 bebe-gambrel@instantemailinbox.shop 23.94.52.254
    araceliwaterman1958 araceliwaterman1958@salpingomyu.ru 172.69.134.211
    202:020:544:74:1:76:919:42 202:020:544:74:1:76:919:42 120.40.130.70
    ventas ventas@yaganaste.com 120.40.130.70
    ayuda ayuda@yaganaste.com 120.40.130.70
    info info@speed-seo.net 158.173.156.189
    arnulfodullo2872 arnulfodullo2872@temz.net 43.134.75.206
    JanisHutt5760687 tedtia@solstris.com 196.242.195.82
    smiguel smiguel@yaganaste.com 120.40.130.70
    IndiraFrick2 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.245.164.210
    rdelatorre rdelatorre@yaganaste.com 120.40.130.70