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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 Aug 2026 9:59 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,362
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LashundaAndres0 jessicamartinez2977mz4m@verifiedlinklist.com 64.188.15.228
    TonyaFults4 rafaelafraire2258@anonmails.de 109.248.166.10
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JohnetteAr marythomas31820q3f@budgetthailandtravel.com 64.188.15.228
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    200:237:804:2901:657:4:5372:644 200:237:804:2901:657:4:5372:644 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bmr bmr@station200.example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HeidiSimonetti6 heidisimonetti93@fast.veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    klaudiarodway9374 klaudiarodway9374@clonemailsieure.com 5.157.17.48
    maryloucage maryloucage@hotbird.giize.com 107.175.58.86
    Elliottner ad16.3.13.14@gmail.com 185.121.232.228
    Nathaniel9798 nathanielearnshaw64@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.68
    hvtvuwpe hvtvuwpe@bekommenmail.com 37.139.53.80
    202:8108:8125:100:55:459::990 202:8108:8125:100:55:459::990 120.40.130.70
    Thomasrzp cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 67.159.17.51
    johngarcia6982r97s johngarcia6982r97s@backlinks.monster 94.46.247.43
    MoisesPoltpaling moisespoltpalingada60@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.152
    le.st.e.rk.i.r.k.3.df.f.b le.st.e.rk.i.r.k.3.df.f.b@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    jamesmartinez9730kyen jamesmartinez9730kyen@linkbuilding.club 220.93.109.103
    Diego81J11 diego-diego@goloji.likeme.buzz 212.87.218.118
    les.te.rk.i.r.k.3.d.ff.b les.te.rk.i.r.k.3.d.ff.b@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    LillieCronin81 lilliecronin85@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.218
    andersonraney andersonraney@discard.email 120.40.130.70
    bonnierennie2903 bonnierennie2903@tempr.email 80.97.40.28
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    potter971212 potter971212@belettersmail.com 120.40.130.70
    m.a.r.t.asp.e.l.l.o.w.da. m.a.r.t.asp.e.l.l.o.w.da.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    jody johnboone803@gmail.com 2607:92:183:636:718:25:237:9342
    shana-levin-mountgarrett57 shana-levin-mountgarrett57@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.136
    novikovivan1978104 novikovivan1978104@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    bonnierennie2903 bonnierennie2903@tempr.email 176.126.78.30
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AdaLizotte ada.ada@hinife.digimail.info 216.40.73.66
    Georgegreds pohaso.nehec06@gmail.com 172.71.102.156
    evanscherer evanscherer@b.cr.cloudns.asia 65.111.10.195
    202:8108:8125:100:310:532:782:215 202:8108:8125:100:310:532:782:215 120.40.130.70
    202:020:38:44:3:5:8:423 202:020:38:44:3:5:8:423 120.40.130.70
    MDCGlenna0 glennaharrhy23@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.21
    Josephavals links.89.m.a.s.t@gmail.com 34.134.231.117
    Josephavals links.89.m.a.s.t@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    andrewpowe caseypearson@fastmail.in 46.151.24.148
    ColinBeema johnrodriguez744c4ud@backlinks.monster 31.132.1.182
    MarthaCaldwell marthacaldwell51@slow.pettin.com 154.16.69.76
    202:3100:6636:900:45:278:53:62 202:3100:6636:900:45:278:53:62 120.40.130.70
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    carlosedvinogonzalezortega carlosedvinogonzalezortega@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    lin.ks.89.m.a.st lin.ks.89.m.a.st@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    hchgqicyjOr hchgqicyjOr@powerbanki.top 187.13.9.66
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    OFHLavina9 lavinagrasby1@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    RicoO0760001558 rico.beavis45@usgeek.org 183.197.56.35
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    MathewFerrari95 mathewferrari27@nor.mxdood.com 177.234.143.137
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1812:2515:400:9548:420:733:725 202:1812:2515:400:9548:420:733:725 120.40.130.70