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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 - 25 Nov 2025 9:25 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,821
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    t.ou.rsp.i.l.otc.o.m t.ou.rsp.i.l.otc.o.m@gmail.com 113.190.170.128
    erintimperley erintimperley@freundin.ru 162.158.166.210
    v.e.rbr.idgek.en.d.ab. v.e.rbr.idgek.en.d.ab.@s1rx4.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    ver.br.i.d.geke.n.dab. ver.br.i.d.geke.n.dab.@s1rx2.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    legal legal@confidencial.io 120.40.130.70
    v.er.bri.d.g.ek.e.n.d.ab v.er.bri.d.g.ek.e.n.d.ab@s1rx3.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    MelWayn71776593 melwayn20@tutu.estabbi.com 142.54.239.1
    202:8108:8102:1200:1:143::259 202:8108:8102:1200:1:143::259 120.40.130.70
    swsw swsw@yuridicheskaya-konsultaciya11.store 172.71.159.138
    BonnyBabcock97 odelldartnell@mailmenot.io 154.208.62.235
    jponce jponce@frob.es 120.40.130.70
    xxx xxx@frob.es 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    SantosDuke73 santosduke48@timminsgoldminetour.com 167.160.78.186
    ieghor.pavlov ieghor.pavlov@list.ru 172.71.154.66
    tyronemartin1904 tyronemartin1904@salpingomyu.ru 162.158.166.210
    florentina-earley70 florentina-earley70@45c5.next4.xyz 172.69.134.211
    Terence54G wescairavalgr68@nestmailbox.com 107.173.46.69
    EdwinOcampo837 edwinocampo77@feed.cdfaq.com 85.208.115.66
    om.a.s.ac.ip1.4 om.a.s.ac.ip1.4@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    ermelindabojorquez22 ermelindabojorquez22@support.51tiemo.com 162.158.166.210
    jponce jponce@frob.es 120.40.130.70
    gjdvutqvb gjdvutqvb@lackmalelilea.shop 37.139.53.32
    v.er.bri.d.ge.k.endab v.er.bri.d.ge.k.endab@s1rx3.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    Tammy92L04862473 tammy-maple79@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.52.1
    aiden.cavagnara-legg aiden.cavagnara-legg@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.136
    direcciongeneral direcciongeneral@frob.es 120.40.130.70
    xxx xxx@frob.es 120.40.130.70
    v.erbr.id.geke.nd.a.b v.erbr.id.geke.nd.a.b@s1rx4.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    GabrielCrespin p.o.st.in.g.m.eg.as.to..p.la.y@gmail.com 31.129.170.42
    2001:8:10:16:2:72:6:20 2001:8:10:16:2:72:6:20 120.40.130.70
    ninfo ninfo@tebcetelem.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    verbr.i.d.g.ekend.ab verbr.i.d.g.ekend.ab@s1rx3.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    2408:8726:100:500:17:: 2408:8726:100:500:17:: 120.40.130.70
    Ada8741765418888 ada.ada@daruba.winston.support 170.168.243.94
    franklyncaban8306 franklyncaban8306@anonmails.de 172.69.134.210
    deurrestiregiondelosrios deurrestiregiondelosrios@senado.cl 120.40.130.70
    200::68:346:40:915::876 200::68:346:40:915::876 120.40.130.70
    200::38:99:9415:4146:94:31 200::38:99:9415:4146:94:31 120.40.130.70
    audra-kotter-1552 audra-kotter-1552@domain01.adapromo.com 172.69.23.148
    suvarnarajumedapati123 suvarnarajumedapati123@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    CathleenMilner kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 102.165.53.107
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    gayeluu9 gayeluu9@hexora.elyquin.org 23.105.144.25
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    RoscoeIzzo4860 arturoshannan@solstris.com 103.204.110.148
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    HeribertoReinhar arturoshannan@solstris.com 102.165.53.242
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    zsophiattso3224 zsophiattso@163.com 154.16.115.97
    zhaleyittlez5488 zhaleyittlez@gmail.com 133.18.234.13
    karlie karlie@b.skincareproductoffers.com 108.62.102.247
    KelleeSantos98 florentia@d.astroaxis.site 216.158.209.147
    ChristiMurch9 christi-murch47@timminsgoldminetour.com 209.163.118.150
    Shawnhaw makarovaoa5yu@ro.ru 130.195.221.186
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