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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 - 4 May 2026 12:02 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,351
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    smkgbzdw smkgbzdw@duhastmail.com 172.69.23.193
    megan-megan29 megan-megan29@vatodu.redmail.click 172.69.134.83
    vitobunch277 vitobunch277@now.mefound.com 172.69.23.193
    marcos-michaelis6737 marcos-michaelis6737@backlink-factory.kiev.ua 193.23.198.242
    tommcchesney-5592 tommcchesney-5592@1wn.top 172.71.158.69
    sarahclose sarahclose@y7mail.com 180.150.30.158
    dobro dobro@vkpodar.ru 95.104.191.224
    rubenflannagan78 rubenflannagan78@sise.elyquin.com 120.40.130.70
    edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado@sigaantenado.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ramil-gilmanow ramil-gilmanow@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    jeanninewitt96 jeanninewitt96@mailgg.org 104.22.20.143
    rn.administrativo rn.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    chamamentopublico chamamentopublico@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ouvidoria ouvidoria@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    walace.araujo walace.araujo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    spi.atendimento spi.atendimento@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ba.administrativo ba.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    exclusao exclusao@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    coefa coefa@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    al.administrativo al.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    coans.gejur coans.gejur@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    quimioterapicos quimioterapicos@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    licitacoes licitacoes@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ro.administrativo ro.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    ce.administrativo ce.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    coans.gecor coans.gecor@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    meucadastro meucadastro@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    rr.administrativo rr.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    angelaclimpson15 angelaclimpson15@yell.milkgg.com 172.71.158.68
    pi.administrativo pi.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    rj.administrativo rj.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    sc.administrativo sc.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    spm.administrativo spm.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    xrum013 xrum013@pereskazfilma.site 37.212.55.196
    kennail56 kennail56@put.pettin.com 172.71.158.68
    barbarascheid2007 barbarascheid2007@salpingomyu.ru 172.69.134.83
    fiona fiona@c.anemia.makeup 172.69.134.83
    2600:1900:0:4302::1900 2600:1900:0:4302::1900 120.40.130.70
    j.u.st.4.d.ummies.g.uid.e j.u.st.4.d.ummies.g.uid.e@gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    tumtzrtx tumtzrtx@bekommenmail.com 104.22.20.143
    matheusalmeida matheusalmeida@globmail.com.br 120.40.130.70
    zellasaddler zellasaddler@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.83
    jharris49 jharris49@cryptofutures.store 172.71.158.69
    suporte.pagamento suporte.pagamento@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    bibfvsrig bibfvsrig@canadianphx.online 162.158.167.134
    suporte.registro suporte.registro@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    harriettgumm422 harriettgumm422@hidebox.org 104.22.20.143
    fale.conosco fale.conosco@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    suporte.divida suporte.divida@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    condo condo@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    dpo dpo@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    davidwilliams9974uhh5 davidwilliams9974uhh5@backlinks.monster 120.40.130.70
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AlbaMitchel6323 alba.alba70@zawegu.mailr.click 216.26.224.34
    tammienaquin tammienaquin@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.133
    o.p.ti.miz.a.tio.nsar.ts4.6.z16.n.j.i.u.q.n o.p.ti.miz.a.tio.nsar.ts4.6.z16.n.j.i.u.q.n@gmail. 104.22.17.127
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 193.43.135.158
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 2600:4041:408:8300:71:243:1205:573
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 45.14.195.54
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 155.133.4.249
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    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 45.10.153.253
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 83.229.26.132
    terence.mitchell100 terence.mitchell100@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.69.23.193
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 37.19.196.17
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 193.43.135.160
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 2600:4041:408:8300:4:1:01:286
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 83.229.26.253
    clarence.sanders clarence.sanders@proton.me 185.195.59.218
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