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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 May 2026 9:49 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,251
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    hola hola@solve-express.mx 120.40.130.70
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    ElmaMellor3 themit888@mail.ru 2.27.53.6
    p.aw.u.b.al.e8.92. p.aw.u.b.al.e8.92.@gmail.com 95.216.68.244
    AurelioLenihan leonreva@solstris.com 196.196.254.218
    kurtmcclelland kurtmcclelland@sansan160.iacomputer.click 104.22.17.127
    heleneponinski92 heleneponinski92@dear.mxdood.com 172.69.134.84
    MadeleineGuzzi7 madeleineguzzi40@toy.pettin.com 223.29.254.158
    j.us.t.4du.mmies.guide j.us.t.4du.mmies.guide@gmail.com 162.158.167.133
    Jenni657894 jennishumway46@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.53.87
    ErlindaVeitch78 admin4@stonethaispa.site 103.87.142.2
    ju.s.t.4.d.u.mmie.sg.u.i.d.e ju.s.t.4.d.u.mmie.sg.u.i.d.e@gmail.com 172.69.23.193
    DwightO73109 mh.nl.icl.lens.replacement.turkije@8.dnsabr.com 144.91.76.133
    Ila97X2736 junkodwayne@solstris.com 102.165.54.7
    hiroshilopez81295tk0p hiroshilopez81295tk0p@c.seoautomationpro.com 162.158.167.133
    j.ust.4.d.u.m.m.ie.s.g.uid.e j.ust.4.d.u.m.m.ie.s.g.uid.e@gmail.com 172.69.134.85
    SharynMello54 sharyn-mello@4e92.homeofcourage.website 100.7.39.115
    timur.egorov timur.egorov@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    VioletJohns940 violetjohns60@pound.milkgg.com 177.234.143.137
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    buzonuv buzonuv@uv.mx 120.40.130.70
    alejandro.saul.ver.bap alejandro.saul.ver.bap@gmail.com 146.19.125.69
    gobbeqpo gobbeqpo@sabesmail.com 104.22.20.143
    ShelliAshley71 shelliashley18@put.pettin.com 154.16.69.146
    TaylahMacGillivr kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 181.215.16.247
    kristin.kristin46 kristin.kristin46@xapeju.greenweed.sbs 172.69.23.194
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    PrestonWolfe3 prestonwolfe79@pound.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    fdbbsmay fdbbsmay@bekommenmail.com 146.70.181.249
    aidan-mcmaster aidan-mcmaster@cheapwinner.com 208.181.135.74
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