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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 - 9 Jan 2026 7:42 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,594
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JanieM4084 finlaylynette@solstris.com 196.242.195.122
    janiwatling janiwatling@087b.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.70
    alievaleila alievaleila@meta.ua 128.124.140.11
    GeorginaDonley georgina-georgina@luxibu.shinemail.cc 45.3.34.116
    bryantblakey-7906 bryantblakey-7906@premieremailinbox.shop 198.46.214.170
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    JuanitaManzo6 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 196.242.20.125
    ShawnaStrempel shawnashawna75@tusagi.carport.mom 45.3.49.194
    bjanessgooglta2217 bjanessgooglta@yeah.com 192.210.150.229
    Justine9110 michellenelson@solstris.com 191.101.250.70
    RolandoWorgan4 michellenelson@solstris.com 102.165.55.252
    Derek7786638 derekstickler69@broad.ehomu.com 196.242.47.103
    Almeda9924 almedachiodo54@talk.muzaco.com 191.101.109.81
    zhangchen0934 zhangchen0934@163.com 38.244.25.75
    IlaLevay90507 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 196.242.178.75
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    sporbonnewslef1984 sporbonnewslef1984@mailopenz.com 172.71.158.167
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    ChandraLance alesha@b.fruitingbodymushrooms.online 196.51.124.1
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    mohamed.montefiore14 mohamed.montefiore14@emailus.thebillieholiday.clic 172.71.154.179
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    DanielleBiddell danielle.danielle@tabica.itpower.sbs 104.207.47.101
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    silvia.barreo silvia.barreo@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
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