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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 - 21 Mar 2026 12:06 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,765
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    andrewanderson3883nhh0 andrewanderson3883nhh0@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.160.145
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KerriNimmo25353 kerrinimmo3@scene.muzaco.com 191.101.92.218
    EdwardoLeggett0 britneyvalentine9130@anonmails.de 109.248.138.189
    elwoodvasey7171 elwoodvasey7171@anonmails.de 104.22.20.234
    laranewber lara-newbery.1740@dark-webmarket.com 91.84.118.32
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    MadisonMat madison.madison58@jotice.mailhome.info 45.3.50.108
    josewilson77371movm josewilson77371movm@seoautomationpro.com 172.71.158.69
    damien-smerd damien-smerd@fpsrealm.xyz 172.69.134.83
    valievs1 valievs1@yandex.ru 68.168.29.147
    qcphbxck qcphbxck@eblanomail.com 185.255.126.8
    SheenaBall8276 sheenaball25@scene.muzaco.com 196.196.254.21
    21geretyhuji 21geretyhuji@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:4870:2182:45:8158 202:8108:8125:100:4870:2182:45:8158 120.40.130.70
    RosieLow22 rosie.low4038@forest-arrow-play.online 46.8.193.142
    JeannieThynne83 jeannie-thynne@feedback.51tiemo.com 195.63.19.16
    RosieLow22 rosie.low4038@forest-arrow-play.online 109.248.128.70
    2409:404:314:99:81:18:63:7010 2409:404:314:99:81:18:63:7010 120.40.130.70
    zenaidaprieto2813 zenaidaprieto2813@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.133
    m.e.n.scl.i.n.ic.60 m.e.n.scl.i.n.ic.60@gmail.com 172.69.134.82
    altonsani19 altonsani19@tusu.blyxen.org 120.40.130.70
    yuliyadosuni yuliyadosuni@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    CamilleSwitzer camilleswitzer87@cool.muzaco.com 191.101.114.39
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:03:68:501:3:7034:672:376 202:03:68:501:3:7034:672:376 120.40.130.70
    link972Inefly link-44@93rus.myjino.ru 95.143.188.231
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ElaneKidwell512 kathrynreed@solstris.com 177.234.143.121
    charlesthomas469811bi charlesthomas469811bi@a.gsavps.xyz 120.40.130.70
    Deme dunkingheath@gmail.com 2600:1700:51:80::340:943:57
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    philhamrick4069 philhamrick4069@asia.dnsabr.com 124.248.183.138
    jackieahern jackieahern@quinz.me 172.69.134.83
    polatovst polatovst@mail.ru 92.36.47.224
    Mikaella3 mikaellaflahaux25@gmail.co 202:03::500:785:66:5:9
    dottystevenson.2652 dottystevenson.2652@vargosmail.com 185.155.99.161
    202:03:24:00:653:95:309:692 202:03:24:00:653:95:309:692 120.40.130.70
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    giseleolney91 giseleolney91@turi.glinxy.com 172.69.23.194
    michele-michele95 michele-michele95@cofano.loop.mom 45.3.33.49
    contactaseg.informatica contactaseg.informatica@scotiabank.com.pe 120.40.130.70
    TheoDorman92 theodorman@d4c6.bestsmmservice.online 209.127.76.183
    davidBefeven233t davidBefeven233t@voxregmail.online 120.40.130.70
    sherlenevi sherlene.victor@seo-red.ru 91.193.240.157
    LucretiaSl lucretiaslattery@starda-mirror505.top 72.56.191.247
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    SNGCourtney courtneybergin@quickemailinbox.shop 131.108.16.90
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    northtxindustrialservice northtxindustrialservice@outlook.com 64.25.12.105
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    dakotalaby dakotalaby@pw.epac.to 172.71.158.69
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    lenawitt lenawitt@latbet.click 46.8.156.124
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