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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 - 31 Aug 2025 7:28 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,237
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    p.ost.in.g.m.ega.s.to.pl.ay p.ost.in.g.m.ega.s.to.pl.ay@gmail.com 31.129.170.42
    74L968166877823 gghvjjsp@ronaldofmail.com 156.228.95.170
    74L968166877823 gghvjjsp@ronaldofmail.com 156.242.41.8
    Tai_FTTESTING tainui.t@me.com 194.61.29.124
    KennyB4385743282 antwanvaughn4223@8.dnsabr.com 103.180.139.231
    7010175878 marilynmontoya1979@avitamiruby.ru 156.253.170.143
    OHQ_FTTESTING tainui.t@Me.com 194.61.29.124
    OHQ_FT_TESTTESTING tainui.t@Me.com 194.61.29.124
    ElsieQmj6454 antwanvaughn4223@8.dnsabr.com 49.236.209.194
    OHQ_IT_TESTTESTIN tainui.t@me.com 194.61.29.124
    Julio385Ledner1961 Julio385Ledner1961@sigismail.com 120.40.130.70
    LandonMyf46 landonkepert80@129c.vuty.xyz 88.253.71.5
    Kristy02V6192 antwanvaughn4223@8.dnsabr.com 103.190.81.43
    7010175878 marilynmontoya1979@avitamiruby.ru 156.228.95.182
    FilomenaWeir653 trey@starryveil.store 196.51.7.196
    Tai_FT_TESTTEST tainui.t@me.com 194.61.29.124
    TraceyWestacott traceywestacott8942@mail.otakuhub.xyz 179.61.156.172
    JuliannLamarr2 hedvige@solarvibe.site 196.51.14.33
    9627147886 omckvsuk@tubermail.com 156.253.166.239
    MaxLight396 adalbertomarlar5004@mailcatch.com 15.235.145.214
    RonaldFut jennifer.hammock@adelphia.net 37.139.53.230
    jamietatafa jamietatafa@gazeta.pl 2603:8080:6000:2765:189:67:71:16
    MichaelHal jennifer.hammock@adelphia.net 91.193.177.203
    CharmainGeiger6 dianzeller@mailmenot.io 64.188.11.164
    bri.a.n.seel.ec.t.r.ic.alt.i.p.s. bri.a.n.seel.ec.t.r.ic.alt.i.p.s.@gmail.com 92.119.36.54
    shanel.mackennal shanel.mackennal@1cryptodarkmarket.com 89.249.195.65
    Genia248297 roycewheelwright6399@mailmenot.io 38.152.187.7
    OTTHermelinda veronica@moonlightmatrix.site 196.51.13.15
    bernard.maguire-9971 bernard.maguire-9971@emailexpo.space 23.95.204.146
    Kennethnap info@baum-bmwshop24.de 149.50.101.170
    JamesVok and1po@web.de 193.233.126.147
    Sherlyn4302 lavondabaum@mailmenot.io 66.63.161.197
    KrystalVarghese katrinameredith@wuuvo.com 38.152.132.232
    Bernardvar slidewizards@yahoo.com 31.173.83.89
    MillaUlrich24 deenabellingshausen@mailmenot.io 108.62.70.125
    GrazynaGunn8129 g.l.o.bal.aiage.nt.s@gmail.com 14.177.105.247
    KYRZak04249197 katrinameredith@wuuvo.com 104.223.126.15
    o.xim.us7.7.78.zdfqm.2vpl o.xim.us7.7.78.zdfqm.2vpl@gmail.com 45.86.200.235
    Bernardvar saugusj@att.net 31.173.83.89
    Ellisdow kylekoch37@gmail.com 89.113.152.252
    LeonardoBrose30 leonardo.brose@c17d.iap2022.com 206.168.90.113
    JannieMcCabe31 jannie-mccabe@6901.vukg.xyz 47.239.42.114
    JamesVok jabernal1@gmail.com 193.233.126.147
    andresrativagarzongmail.com andresrativagarzongmail.com 186.168.248.167
    AdaCoomes10468 ada-coomes@c17d.iap2022.com 150.241.201.123
    Ellisdow slidewizards@yahoo.com 89.113.152.252
    email_registration_JW5NwJCDoQ hoxuboni83@gmail.com 199.250.201.100
    kiersten kiersten@l.cosmiccluster.store 80.71.159.221
    Timothyhider slidewizards@yahoo.com 31.173.83.89
    TraceeRiq2512 tracee.dial@4b76.iap2022.com 74.124.220.222
    Timothyhider rosemcnutt@cox.net 31.173.83.89
    JamesVok mersinipython@gmail.com 193.233.126.147
    elleycats elleycats@seznam.cz 185.242.6.92
    Esteban89J bye438@ak.gy 190.123.210.81
    bikon777 bikon777@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    Danielsuelf slidewizards@yahoo.com 37.139.53.230
    regionaladministratorfortworth regionaladministratorfortworth@hud.gov 120.40.130.70
    lucretia.hincks6696 lucretia.hincks6696@korailmail.com 196.245.186.120
    xrumer23hoign xrumer23hoign@gmail.com 45.135.232.76
    2409:834:4074:510:00:27:4:90 2409:834:4074:510:00:27:4:90 120.40.130.70
    AlfredRush76 sadvanwhy@ak.gy 196.196.23.140
    Elyse07X399176 elyse-elyse@joligu.indialove.shop 194.169.94.45
    AracelisBingle1 almaschoenberg7714@mailmenot.io 109.248.55.205
    JimmyCrela mikeman838@yahoo.co.uk 31.173.86.137
    SheliaHollis1 shelia.shelia60@jutafe.pasta.beer 194.169.93.238
    GeorgianaHeine georgiana-georgiana@resaku.woz.golf 194.169.94.192
    DamonFap actionvsculture@gmail.com 146.59.44.6
    po.stin.g.m.e.gasto.p.la.y po.stin.g.m.e.gasto.p.la.y@gmail.com 31.129.170.42
    ZTPLinwood lukaslindquist3141@adult-work.info 94.31.117.167
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    JamesVok saralabranche1@gmail.com 193.233.126.147
    JimmyCrela jvandermeulen@malibucity.org 31.173.86.137
    j.2.8.5.6.9.9.8 j.2.8.5.6.9.9.8@gmail.com 92.119.36.120
    906121592387034 marysmith2005@avitamiruby.ru 156.242.44.212
    DarrellFite84 iona@orbitaloffer.online 38.152.175.25
    521508341394 gghvjjsp@ronaldofmail.com 156.233.85.241
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    EffieChittenden wynne@cosmiccircuit.store 38.152.173.253
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