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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 - 28 Mar 2026 4:48 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,991
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AundreaKay aundrea-kaylock8654@ramenbet-portal.buzz 72.56.190.216
    RoslynMeacham roslynmeacham31@keep.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.175
    ho.t.uza.po.xihe0.6 ho.t.uza.po.xihe0.6@gmail.com 172.69.23.193
    studentfinancialservices studentfinancialservices@phoenix.edu 120.40.130.70
    michellconnibere69 michellconnibere69@gato.rixyle.com 104.22.17.127
    joycecurley60 joycecurley60@tase.ophixy.com 162.158.167.134
    PhillipZty phillipleidig1@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.220
    20:001:562:715:127:44:0:692 20:001:562:715:127:44:0:692 120.40.130.70
    mike mike@bchforeveryone.net 181.214.206.59
    ShennaCantero1 shennacantero@828f.bestsmmservice.online 23.229.55.89
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    jessicarodriguez473qj0i jessicarodriguez473qj0i@b.welcometotijuana.com 172.69.23.194
    donaldmiller6903o4fs donaldmiller6903o4fs@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.23.194
    winifredutz2322 winifredutz2322@kaybooks.top 172.69.134.83
    ismaelblakely ismaelblakely@mailmenot.io 172.71.158.68
    jewelljewell62 jewelljewell62@paliro.nmail.work 65.111.3.226
    denastoate2650 denastoate2650@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.234
    julianemaccallum18 julianemaccallum18@travellersrest.click 104.22.17.127
    danutaadamson danutaadamson@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.194
    kianbrass kianbrass@gmailot.com 172.71.154.179
    JoesphSchl trustone26@blogwebsite.top 45.133.170.70
    rodrickgutteridge83 rodrickgutteridge83@five.vietnambrandmatters.com 64.188.15.153
    Lavada9672 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 196.198.13.114
    werso078400iu werso078400iu@rambler.ru 85.237.212.94
    RodgerCordell78 rodger-cordell61@916a.realtemiz.xyz 192.241.113.199
    fkteutoc fkteutoc@eblanomail.com 89.222.108.248
    FranklynSp merissanewcomer3038@getcode1.com 176.10.106.25
    kashabarrientos kashabarrientos@support.beachflag.click 104.22.17.127
    elizabethrodriguez6477mj1w elizabethrodriguez6477mj1w@a.verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.20.235
    JuneFlorez seo2@infoseguridad.lat 72.206.74.126
    crownpokies_Vah kathleenhodges1985@polosmail.com 65.111.15.249
    kamilla.lozowaya kamilla.lozowaya@yandex.ru 213.87.150.134
    davidBefeven233t davidBefeven233t@voxregmail.online 120.40.130.70
    gyrtahgi gyrtahgi@wildbmail.com 172.71.154.179
    vmbzfotb vmbzfotb@bekommenmail.com 162.158.167.133
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    juanita-shapiro21 juanita-shapiro21@support.51tiemo.com 172.71.154.178
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    ashly-peyton ashly-peyton@support.51tiemo.com 172.71.158.69
    sharylpanos sharylpanos@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    SwNJxiSUeGTBGPzgJSYKOvWANmeUdpFbIzKtflpP ala.m.il.a.bi.p.450@gmail.com 38.135.25.140
    serj-luzan98 serj-luzan98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    nuivzkmw nuivzkmw@tubermail.com 172.71.154.178
    christoperbloom6753 christoperbloom6753@adult-work.info 65.111.31.18
    curt.waller59 curt.waller59@support.51tiemo.com 195.63.10.60
    TwilaTidwell4 twilatwila@wojoca.swissbank.cc 65.111.10.61
    OuidaRefshauge jenniferbrown3838f0ic@b.travel-e-store.com 192.171.88.141
    marcelino-medley4135 marcelino-medley4135@forest-arrow-game.click 46.8.22.158
    Onita37001037715 lindahernandez46660vq9@c.welcometotijuana.com 192.198.105.150
    carolesteven carolesteven@soulvow.com 162.158.167.133
    trisha-higinbotham31 trisha-higinbotham31@7e5f.catchehub.us 162.158.167.133
    jonasclarence jonasclarence@corebux.com 172.69.23.193
    shanon-klinger1960 shanon-klinger1960@axionexonit.com 104.22.20.234
    SamMcAlroy ninahelmick1887@discard.email 185.118.51.133
    arikfurkan arikfurkan@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    vania-vania66 vania-vania66@wowaba.pos.coupons 172.71.154.179
    edgardo.edgardo89 edgardo.edgardo89@lijuru.pasta.beer 162.158.167.133
    RuthGrissom0 sethmorton@aikoreaedu.com 192.252.208.67
    khlystenkovaelena khlystenkovaelena@mail.ru 37.212.6.25
    LesleeRamey sth17@blogwebsite.top 45.133.170.19
    CharityHauk hwalucio@solstris.com 223.29.254.158
    Kandy877092 kandyhayward25@self.ehomu.com 103.221.232.11
    arlentimmons arlentimmons@hotbird.giize.com 172.71.158.68
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mark mark@example.org 120.40.130.70
    AlejandroCoffin richardgarcia20066avf@budgetthailandtravel.com 209.127.72.122
    x.y x.y@example.org 120.40.130.70
    barretthayner barretthayner@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    CharlineRaymond charlineraymond94@lower.ehomu.com 103.221.232.11
    johndoe johndoe@example.org 120.40.130.70
    adamsmith adamsmith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    violaeaster2 violaeaster2@usesmarttraveller.click 192.3.143.170
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    test1 test1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Test Test@example.org 120.40.130.70
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    KayleneThy viiwkfmd@duhastmail.com 154.195.108.155
    berndpartlow berndpartlow@anonmails.de 104.22.20.234