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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 - 19 Jun 2026 9:59 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,276
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JudithWva05422 judithbruno55@dear.mxdood.com 196.196.254.218
    alexandra-alexandra54 alexandra-alexandra54@xugexa.maptech.online 194.180.233.164
    MarlysBrown52 wkotlechw3r89@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.118
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    j.2.85.6.998 j.2.85.6.998@gmail.com 93.114.192.74
    admin7 admin7@stonethaispa.site 104.22.17.127
    LucianaHolte lucianaholte99@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.81
    arnold arnold@blockchain-development-company.site 172.71.159.82
    MyraMcdowell473 myramcdowell11@enemy.veauly.com 207.148.65.68
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 172.69.134.71
    dianagunther91 dianagunther91@tuli.blyxen.com 172.71.154.178
    simonetavares65 simonetavares65@yell.milkgg.com 172.69.134.71
    ofi.be.v.o.nuw.84 ofi.be.v.o.nuw.84@gmail.com 185.181.244.202
    shondayuen89 shondayuen89@tala.ylixo.com 120.40.130.70
    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 172.69.134.70
    HanneloreWheeler hannelorewheeler59@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    1gerefuhhuj 1gerefuhhuj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    charlestaylor9596x2gq charlestaylor9596x2gq@a.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
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    Ahmad68P429 lindamiller787berd@c.travel-e-store.com 38.154.152.235
    stephania.mccree.989 stephania.mccree.989@megaposty.com 162.158.167.122
    JewellPettigrew richardtaylor695250az@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 38.154.83.102
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 172.71.159.81
    thomaswilliams705164rk thomaswilliams705164rk@f.seoautomationpro.com 107.173.46.93
    Temling ikkaku24@gmail.com 72.183.139.56
    PattyMackerras johnmartin69883939@gsasearchengineranker.shop 104.223.126.149
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mose.mose63 mose.mose63@waliwa.chicagoes.xyz 162.158.167.121
    JolieApa8018455 juliennedakota@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 172.69.134.71
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MarquisW02 marysmith9526ty1u@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 23.94.230.41
    OnitaEatock1765 elizabeththomas67708u50@a.welcometotijuana.com 23.229.54.178
    BernadetteKkc maryjackson4070psi9@c.blog-stuff.com 38.154.96.106
    Chante3337 richardmoore52298ih6@b.blog-stuff.com 38.154.159.86
    RichardDet mikhailvupavo@mail.ru 83.217.213.120
    atendimentocstc atendimentocstc@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    datospersonales datospersonales@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jose.castro jose.castro@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vitya-kondratev-1969 vitya-kondratev-1969@inbox.ru 172.71.159.81
    nfe.spal nfe.spal@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    gildaleedom gildaleedom@situsbebas.com 67.201.35.145
    kathrinaddison5663 kathrinaddison5663@mailku.co 172.71.159.81
    alex1.111222 alex1.111222@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    ZFCSara40296 sara.sara@ximese.orville.pro 172.83.253.193
    AlberthaKenney alberthakenney58@nor.mxdood.com 181.215.16.161
    BettyKeeton450 betty-keeton@3fa5.darknessfalls.space 73.140.132.238
    laylaperales95 laylaperales95@fiber.pettin.com 162.158.167.122
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    linnearockwell linnearockwell@mailmenot.io 216.26.250.160
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    xgjtxttwuEt xgjtxttwuEt@divier.ru 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
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