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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 - 13 Mar 2026 1:29 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,879
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    79119288000 79119288000@mai.ru 120.40.130.70
    ganita ganita@xmc.pl 162.158.167.134
    KrystalMedina stephanygreiner9584@t.woeishyang.com 38.254.176.106
    FranStaggs4058 fran-staggs8772@cryptoboss270.top 72.56.190.219
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    FredDuFaur111 susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 196.51.185.47
    031187 031187@sibmail.com 120.40.130.70
    mahmadalizodalutfullo88 mahmadalizodalutfullo88@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    79776162737 79776162737@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    luites0110 luites0110@t-online.de 172.71.158.68
    sherrylcolon8489 sherrylcolon8489@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
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    IngeborgClaudio thomasjohnson36562ozp@travel-e-store.com 103.87.142.89
    kipkeevmg kipkeevmg@alfastrah.ru 120.40.130.70
    Maximilian9769 kellygive526@gmail.com 107.151.195.180
    4088353520 4088353520@tmomail.net 191.102.187.161
    legolas100 legolas100@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    AnnetteBiermann annettebiermann78@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.175
    AureliaKibby5 dinamiller19146@c.seoautomationpro.com 45.135.162.35
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    matkarimofff matkarimofff@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    JaquelineBeavers michaelhernandez3522osxx@welcometotijuana.com 103.240.99.154
    mabelloureiro mabelloureiro@dvd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.235
    BeatrizPji beatrizbusch51@among.ehomu.com 196.196.254.218
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 172.71.154.179
    SuzetteThacker suzettethacker23@last.muzaco.com 191.101.114.21
    ChristelAcn joshuagarcia9443u1kb@a.gsavps.xyz 64.188.15.153
    soluciones.contacto soluciones.contacto@mifel.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    kathrynjones kathrynjones@ifsso.net 45.132.78.18
    evsidorenko evsidorenko@1cbit.ru 120.40.130.70
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    Shanice05G shanicetrapp100@role.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.20
    yuliya-brich yuliya-brich@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    reclutamiento reclutamiento@mifel.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    une une@mifel.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    pakistanindependentliving pakistanindependentliving@gmail.com 124.29.238.35
    contacto.mifel contacto.mifel@mifel.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    kruglova-nikol kruglova-nikol@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    farida farida@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    bessbryce bessbryce@solstris.com 172.71.158.69
    jack-jansen jack-jansen@cryptoboss995.top 104.22.20.234
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    kt361z kt361z@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    caen2008 caen2008@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    zaaylordark6017 zaaylordark@yahoo.com 31.133.32.102
    nataliusasd3073 nataliusasd@126.com 31.133.32.102
    snail-male snail-male@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    m.shulga m.shulga@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    e.sesigin e.sesigin@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    x x@x.com 120.40.130.70
    sebastian.przyborowski sebastian.przyborowski@prowly.com 120.40.130.70
    JerekioxInvix2 twillis0519@gmail.com 193.163.92.163
    annachusuha annachusuha@mail.ru 172.69.134.83
    susanmcilwraith susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 38.154.103.120
    lapkoval lapkoval@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    hexashield hexashield@pm.me 176.106.61.29
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    Lelia78698 leliasellar47@list.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.164
    BrennaRand brenna.randolph25@881f.vovk.store 103.197.168.37
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    paxa9104 paxa9104@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    birdman95 birdman95@binhduong.bar 45.133.7.72
    dorethadimond8 dorethadimond8@tusu.blyxen.org 104.22.20.234
    ganita ganita@xmc.pl 149.88.24.6
    raina.steinfeld raina.steinfeld@admiralx-challenge.top 72.56.191.158
    ramilgilmanow93 ramilgilmanow93@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    kolya.kochegarow kolya.kochegarow@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    heinrich heinrich@simpleledger.at 172.71.158.68
    lazarocourtice.7090 lazarocourtice.7090@topcompanygroup.com 91.186.215.46
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 162.158.167.134
    dongdong44 dongdong44@zawegu.mailr.click 45.3.35.145
    yackubencko.dmitry yackubencko.dmitry@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70