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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 - 24 Nov 2025 1:02 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,405
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    rpop-test82 rpop-test82@jenocop.ga 162.158.167.43
    robertrodriguez928802wg robertrodriguez928802wg@bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.236.228
    robbynothling robbynothling@hidebox.org 172.71.159.137
    JosefinaFaison1 bas.madj.i.a.n.h.e.sle.p.tb.3.720@bay-area-garage- 45.42.88.97
    condo condo@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    2409:402:600:26:8000:: 2409:402:600:26:8000:: 120.40.130.70
    dpo dpo@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    inesbaragwanath6948 inesbaragwanath6948@1mail.x24hr.com 172.71.154.67
    suporte.registro suporte.registro@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    CarmelaBarrow1 huyn.h.k.ha.n.h.2.015@gmail.com 45.42.88.97
    2802:8012:4:01:482:45:15:2 2802:8012:4:01:482:45:15:2 120.40.130.70
    2001:68:544:74:91:24:2:484 2001:68:544:74:91:24:2:484 120.40.130.70
    jarred.broyles77 jarred.broyles77@timminsgoldminetour.com 66.84.91.165
    joshuawilson31451p0 joshuawilson31451p0@e.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.15.246
    clairemays1951 clairemays1951@acetylcholgh.ru 172.69.134.211
    LeeLemus04 h.uynhkhan.h2015@gmail.com 45.41.95.155
    2409:84:5200:1:100::73 2409:84:5200:1:100::73 120.40.130.70
    listings listings@anolytics.ai 14.99.238.106
    240:946:3000:3005:55:: 240:946:3000:3005:55:: 120.40.130.70
    EnidAquino enidenid@vuzifu.3mail.info 45.145.128.145
    2409:834:2220:309:45:: 2409:834:2220:309:45:: 120.40.130.70
    za.m.o.k.p.e.t.ro.vsky.20.2.3 za.m.o.k.p.e.t.ro.vsky.20.2.3@gmail.com 172.69.23.147
    jasperfernandes jasperfernandes@tempr.email 162.158.167.43
    sheenabelz sheenabelz@now.mefound.com 172.69.23.147
    nastyapravdina31 nastyapravdina31@mail.ru 128.71.163.157
    2408:8720:806:311:14:: 2408:8720:806:311:14:: 120.40.130.70
    ReyesMcnulty96 b.as.ma.d.j.ia.nhe.sl.ep.t.b.3720@bay-area-garage- 45.42.88.105
    IslaWatt7783 kelliamber@solstris.com 154.16.20.14
    2001:0:5103:772:65:36:5542:436 2001:0:5103:772:65:36:5542:436 120.40.130.70
    2408:8720:800:522:31:: 2408:8720:800:522:31:: 120.40.130.70
    b.e.n.nie.ch.ave.z6.186 b.e.n.nie.ch.ave.z6.186@gmail.com 80.70.109.38
    GertrudeA87 junkodwayne@solstris.com 102.165.53.137
    2001:102:3401:9200:52:771:830:301 2001:102:3401:9200:52:771:830:301 120.40.130.70
    ShelaBreshears shelabreshears72@role.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.166
    2409:815:2813:3010:51:: 2409:815:2813:3010:51:: 120.40.130.70
    2409:854:1005:614:18:: 2409:854:1005:614:18:: 120.40.130.70
    JanetSmith mzjansmith@gmail.com 77.111.246.27
    celestahurst39 celestahurst39@kynora.ivolix.org 172.69.134.211
    2001:102:3401:9200:52:771:830:301 2001:102:3401:9200:52:771:830:301 120.40.130.70
    lindamiller7425kkim lindamiller7425kkim@travel-e-store.com 196.51.233.200
    ThomasKellett athenaoliver@leantechy.xyz 5.253.161.182
    2409:834:4400:1200:5:: 2409:834:4400:1200:5:: 120.40.130.70
    in3 in3@blogwebsite.top 5.45.37.4
    ivictoriaa ivictoriaa@mail.ru 46.39.51.80
    ColemanColey695 colemancoley99@thus.ehomu.com 192.3.246.83
    harley.cato-9930 harley.cato-9930@avtoyuristvoronezh.store 144.31.87.11
    ZQEYetta207 yettafenston8@lower.ehomu.com 165.231.101.221
    BHPKiera2556 kynthia@c.razore100.fans 108.62.102.102
    EliseElsass0 eliseelsass90@hol.housines.com 184.170.245.148
    LeonidaStarns7 wrelsbergq3r68@nestmailbox.com 107.175.2.100
    RoyalSquires821 royalsquires11@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.66
    TishaStagg792 hildadeluca@mailmenot.io 109.248.142.60
    antoinettesmith1972 antoinettesmith1972@acetylcholgh.ru 172.69.23.147
    AlvinAtwell34 carena@b.drown.institute 156.241.212.176
    pavlov-9ao9i pavlov-9ao9i@rambler.ua 130.195.221.186
    donwaterfield donwaterfield@tempr.email 172.69.23.148
    Jillian1373 islamohr@mailmenot.io 188.130.137.35
    SXMLouisa3 albertparks@leantechy.xyz 154.30.213.123
    loupoulin599 loupoulin599@anonmails.de 172.69.23.147
    corella corella@e.cosmiccircuit.store 45.33.157.23
    TysonLemon83 winfopartage3pr68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.111.89
    refugiasipes8347 refugiasipes8347@pw.epac.to 162.158.167.44
    nereidapreiss nereidapreiss@web.run.place 162.158.167.44
    kevin kevin@prairierockpark.com 120.40.130.70
    chizambrano chizambrano@discard.email 172.71.154.66
    LenardBarden0 junkodwayne@solstris.com 196.198.13.243
    2804:13:01:941:8041:264:397:1 2804:13:01:941:8041:264:397:1 120.40.130.70
    VJRLauna702150 albertparks@leantechy.xyz 5.253.161.94
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    JacobBarta9741 antoniettaannand@discard.email 171.225.193.183