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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 - 8 Dec 2025 12:08 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,772
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    eezamg eezamg@burgermailcomp.com 158.69.119.16
    RuthPinder7 arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.240.143.47
    vqgmpous vqgmpous@wildbmail.com 172.71.159.137
    ChristianJeffrey shantaedusty@solstris.com 223.29.254.34
    ChristineMcGover kristigil@b.cr.cloudns.asia 155.117.189.50
    EnriquePeek19 enrique-peek@emailzoneonline.shop 23.94.52.228
    MireyaVzd76751 finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.55.70
    EulahMaki333451 jessicajackson6025kdth@d.welcometotijuana.com 108.62.102.114
    Ben1006593948310 katharinasaenz8598@anonmails.de 157.22.113.17
    raregreen raregreen@inbox.lv 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:1:85:9857:72::857 2607:91:1:85:9857:72::857 120.40.130.70
    gloryblackwood18 gloryblackwood18@print.veauly.com 173.234.250.212
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    benniedenton8508 benniedenton8508@adult-work.info 104.22.20.195
    kennypeyser5045 kennypeyser5045@anonmails.de 172.71.159.137
    link33 link33@93rus.myjino.ru 178.207.8.2
    KOL laczkowski.lukasz.86@gmail.com 188.146.148.188
    2001:0:4442:24:5463:0:21:01 2001:0:4442:24:5463:0:21:01 120.40.130.70
    BasilCleary78 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.245.164.54
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    kandiwitherspoon6847 kandiwitherspoon6847@anonmails.de 172.71.159.137
    jerrymcleod jerrymcleod@strategyinsights.xyz 181.177.96.10
    EbonySeiffert88 kelliamber@solstris.com 181.215.16.239
    AubreyYrh3 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 181.215.16.136
    EstellePrintz alabama30@best-yurist-moscow.store 154.196.16.199
    JestineGendron2 clelia@h.cosmiccluster.store 66.63.175.99
    williamsormond3997 williamsormond3997@discardmail.com 192.227.160.232
    PiperRidgley5 179gsa@sitesseo.site 37.212.53.251
    Jeronimo jeronimofernandezflo@gmail.com 202:9130:11:180:187:1:917:0
    krisbuckland2511 krisbuckland2511@mailmenot.io 192.111.137.34
    ShantellFawsitt klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.242.47.74
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    ColinRadcliffe9 alabama23@best-yurist-moscow.store 154.196.87.190
    CherieDancy 179gsa@sitesseo.site 37.212.53.251
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    CarmelaBritt dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 196.242.20.87
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    WilburnCaruso25 kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.196.254.236
    CoralJyo1834405 alabama7@best-yurist-moscow.store 154.196.38.251
    SamSteinberger demetriarowley@anonmails.de 154.195.122.191
    coezathurpu1983 coezathurpu1983@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    DarrelGlauert alabama21@best-yurist-moscow.store 166.1.203.194
    TrinidadKim2179 tamma@b.awsome-gadgets.com 69.141.179.52
    TorriDorman joannreel8857@anonmails.de 157.22.113.17
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    DewayneFusco patlow@anonmails.de 166.1.203.76
    PatrickRusconi lawannabullard8554@anonmails.de 192.144.31.35
    GretchenBoykin4 flossieculpepper6756@anonmails.de 154.194.109.187
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