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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 - 5 Feb 2026 1:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,899
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LenardHaugen944 nadinewilbanks@viavuive.net 178.175.134.125
    ix.an.us.ib.46 ix.an.us.ib.46@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    pki pki@fraunhofer.de 120.40.130.70
    2001:871:47:529:43:34:33:7 2001:871:47:529:43:34:33:7 120.40.130.70
    AileenHouchens9 aileenhouchens96@thus.ehomu.com 196.242.178.32
    nachhaltigkeit nachhaltigkeit@isi.fraunhofer.de 120.40.130.70
    TracyBoelter tracyboelter67@among.ehomu.com 23.95.219.153
    georgine georgine@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.114.50
    alexisostrander352 alexisostrander352@waroengpremium.com 178.175.134.125
    jai.barna jai.barna@emailplusinbox.shop 200.10.41.150
    nam-dominguez3235 nam-dominguez3235@lvdskjn.store 172.69.134.211
    69 69@solatog.online 104.22.17.127
    ianuohra ianuohra@wildbmail.com 185.255.126.65
    JeseniaEdwards rubinfreund1184@discard.email 46.8.155.252
    BennyBunbury04 barbaralopez6496hexa@travel-e-store.com 173.234.248.245
    ericaschurr9269 ericaschurr9269@b.cr.cloudns.asia 141.164.86.152
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kisha-yewen kisha-yewen@help.thewisetransfer.click 162.158.166.237
    earnestinewannemaker7059 earnestinewannemaker7059@asia.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.127
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AleidaSkillern3 nsaxfyjx@legenmail.com 154.196.80.232
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SadieBorelli sadie-sadie26@sejujo.fckmail.online 104.207.37.208
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    acamus acamus@biblesocieties.org 10.42.206.31
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lpzrtzsb lpzrtzsb@wildbmail.com 185.255.126.57
    MalcolmHez malcolmfinckh37@among.ehomu.com 196.240.254.38
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    topone11 topone11@blogwebsite.top 111.92.184.161
    JeannineBrigham josephmoore5720ram5@welcometotijuana.com 72.57.71.54
    edwinachen edwinachen@tuku26012023.xyz 216.213.29.189
    krczlncd krczlncd@duhastmail.com 162.158.166.236
    ChadwickWoolnoug chadwick.chadwick@poworu.goodmail.world 104.207.37.220
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DuaneDittmer6 anthonydavis9249pbpt@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 23.226.137.150
    MargaretaCutlack margareta.margareta72@namawa.mailbox10.info 65.111.11.190
    ZacharySon71 ezragloeckner@trashmailr.com 45.117.63.159
    LeticiaBernays4 kelliamber@solstris.com 192.210.186.107
    BusterLujan925 buster.lujan-7705@unlimcasino-jackpotarena.top 72.56.155.128
    habilitacaoherdeiros.apoiocliente habilitacaoherdeiros.apoiocliente@cgd.pt 120.40.130.70
    carmamerry carmamerry@mailmenot.io 192.198.115.66
    kelliamber kelliamber@solstris.com 172.69.23.193
    JoelCapasso31 joel-capasso2@feedback.51tiemo.com 184.174.11.215
    ianuohra ianuohra@wildbmail.com 172.71.154.179
    veriflapakjoki6 veriflapakjoki6@konstruksituntas.com 172.71.158.69
    CheriLeggo67 cheri-leggo@europeandocfestival.org.uk 176.126.78.30
    esther.harry72 esther.harry72@bdfe.thomasin.online 172.71.158.68
    lpzrtzsb lpzrtzsb@wildbmail.com 185.255.126.81
    lacychurch2966 lacychurch2966@aikoreaedu.com 172.71.158.69
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    julianneeldred-2944 julianneeldred-2944@lvdskjn.store 172.69.23.193
    GMZGay553863282 89u0cyai1cg@5818888.com 50.118.178.250
    DinoTietjen340 dino-tietjen-1247@unlimcasino-jackpotarena.top 72.56.146.202
    qcxvbydd qcxvbydd@tubermail.com 80.80.196.84
    RachelePaling4 christophermiller5734q06g@b.verifiedlinklist.com 194.15.105.6
    o.ma.s.a.cip.1.4 o.ma.s.a.cip.1.4@gmail.com 45.90.196.76
    CheriClyne376 joshuamartin83174eh@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 38.154.93.199
    JuliusGatling27 julius-gatling76@feedback.51tiemo.com 185.200.136.61
    armando.hersan armando.hersan@yahoo.com 170.247.223.38
    DanielleSchlunke danielle-schlunke.2489@muralbythesea.co.uk 194.102.38.231
    matthewanderson3373mqgm matthewanderson3373mqgm@travel-e-store.com 172.71.158.68
    iwona.drab1405 iwona.drab1405@wp.pl 185.93.240.11
    WayneBardon7482 wayne.wayne51@gabico.tele.christmas 65.111.0.87
    SantiagoBullard macbarbosa@mailmenot.io 178.175.134.125
    PatriciaReddick patricia.reddick4@feedback.51tiemo.com 157.254.102.63
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    kericarnegie27 kericarnegie27@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 209.127.73.115
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    maksim maksim@binance.com 120.40.130.70