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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 - 23 Apr 2026 2:05 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,052
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1810:0:00:287:8118:91: 202:1810:0:00:287:8118:91: 120.40.130.70
    EstellaCdg estellaogden52@list.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.158
    202:1810:9531:600:932:7308:6:29 202:1810:9531:600:932:7308:6:29 120.40.130.70
    florence.florence florence.florence@sezeze.woz.golf 162.158.167.134
    nur.u.r.ik.oy72 nur.u.r.ik.oy72@gmail.com 185.246.188.74
    tarenvaught80 tarenvaught80@9b16.rshrthertherth.net 172.69.23.194
    204:441:200:70::934:70 204:441:200:70::934:70 120.40.130.70
    simone-guest simone-guest@3b08.bestsmmservice.online 172.71.158.68
    natisha.rigg natisha.rigg@psytool.ru 172.69.23.194
    FidelBreen7622 fidelbreen91@self.ehomu.com 196.198.13.165
    ja.m.e.sw.oo.ds.ii.ii.v ja.m.e.sw.oo.ds.ii.ii.v@gmail.com 173.239.254.47
    2603:6081:913:700:264:3:5:75 2603:6081:913:700:264:3:5:75 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:49:705:6149:91:171:722 202:1808:49:705:6149:91:171:722 120.40.130.70
    LinoStell5 linostell52@seat.muzaco.com 196.196.254.131
    tristaestes59 tristaestes59@emailgsa5.xyz 172.69.134.83
    LamontGeorgina juliennedakota@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    charleslopez4003vil9 charleslopez4003vil9@a.pattaya-mega.com 172.71.158.69
    GertrudeSelby0 o.x.i.m.u.s77.74.bb.x3.xh.8s.d@gmail.com 209.87.169.123
    202:03:27:500:54:23:80:488 202:03:27:500:54:23:80:488 120.40.130.70
    landnoconpu1970 landnoconpu1970@mailopenz.com 172.71.154.179
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    l4vw4ngdbpa l4vw4ngdbpa@5818888.com 162.158.167.133
    emmairvin1590 emmairvin1590@histartool.com 172.71.154.178
    wiedemannklaus wiedemannklaus@t-online.de 172.71.154.178
    goobr22 goobr22@tutamail.com 64.72.212.57
    202:8108:8125:100:652:180:5578:1896 202:8108:8125:100:652:180:5578:1896 120.40.130.70
    benjaminbrodney benjaminbrodney@ramenbetofficial777.top 120.40.130.70
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    rebeccapardey rebeccapardey@koes.justdied.com 172.71.158.69
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    Mixiglitters everythinghereglitters@gmail.com 2600:1702:50:590:2:22:159:3
    ewan.mault ewan.mault@fodalawyer.top 172.69.134.83
    tyronewisewould7871 tyronewisewould7871@imhotester.forum 212.102.145.196
    goobr22 goobr22@proton.me 64.72.212.57
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    AustinMcCranie klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 102.165.53.252
    CelindaMadgwick alonzovirtue@anonmails.de 45.139.125.229
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    TravisRolando madgechilds@anonmails.de 178.250.190.55
    Xcii3453 Xcii3453@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    comercial comercial@toppen.com.br 120.40.130.70
    CarinaNuz236 carinatompson27@keep.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.39
    AndrewU854434 andrewmccaskill42@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.164
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    gabriellelaura gabriellelaura@0815.ru 172.69.23.193
    MarvinR7030051 casgogo@blogwebsite.top 5.181.131.106
    ohlala34 ohlala34@webtoteam.shop 206.232.0.119
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    ChasityXgu tedtia@solstris.com 103.221.232.11
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    sonjadarley sonjadarley@anonmails.de 172.69.134.83
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