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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 - 1 Jul 2026 4:40 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,784
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2604:880:400:1:0:4:979:9001 2604:880:400:1:0:4:979:9001 120.40.130.70
    elizabethanderson1567yqe7 elizabethanderson1567yqe7@verifiedlinklist.com 120.40.130.70
    leimartinez1046 leimartinez1046@d.seoautomationpro.com 162.158.167.122
    DarrylBaughman2 charlesgonzalez226isjk@f.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.121.37
    SamuelNeumayer3 samuelneumayer25@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.216
    jolene-airey jolene-airey@socialspades.com 45.130.81.39
    williebear williebear@corrective.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    IsabellaFeng01 joshuahernandez366osze@e.welcometotijuana.com 45.151.145.59
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    IsraelDefazio6 israelisrael29@lajaga.commumail.xyz 194.70.234.120
    ingeforman19 ingeforman19@frio.elyquin.com 172.71.159.82
    oheotrrj oheotrrj@bekommenmail.com 172.69.135.14
    XiomaraStage28 xiomarastage@grumm.pl 23.106.216.211
    AdrianneCreel01 adrianne-creel@query.meettravellersrest.click 149.20.244.205
    e7zyunj151 e7zyunj151@ruutukf.com 207:0:2001:29:36:310:24:5
    uf.u.q.e.g.e9.4.7 uf.u.q.e.g.e9.4.7@gmail.com 89.124.74.48
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nicolas nicolas@debarras-marseille-13.fr 172.69.135.14
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    makaylatrent makaylatrent@theweifamily.icu 172.71.159.81
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AbbeyG066545602 abbey.abbey55@canevu.casamucho.buzz 140.235.170.177
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    markanderson2606b4dj markanderson2606b4dj@b.travel-e-store.com 196.51.23.100
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bettymcroberts bettymcroberts@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.122
    timmy.vallery timmy.vallery@theclearorbit.com 104.22.17.126
    clairburchett clairburchett@champion-casino.world 120.40.130.70
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    21099.ava 21099.ava@mail.ru 92.36.119.131
    franklinbeaman113 franklinbeaman113@b.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    EldenSheehan241 elden-elden@niyinu.woz.golf 185.212.115.14
    cecilecalvert40 cecilecalvert40@front.oxilv.com 172.69.22.87
    trampce trampce@proton.me 2001:999:491:1231:7039:47:87:454
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    franklinbeaman113 franklinbeaman113@b.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
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    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
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    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    iongloba74 iongloba74@mail.ru 146.19.125.67
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    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    DaleneGladney81 lourdesneumayer@babau.igg.biz 196.242.178.77
    mizDaf presparesce@gismail.online 188.130.129.75
    charisgiordano5240 charisgiordano5240@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.159.82
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    DannielleConnibe dannielleconnibere73@cold.muzaco.com 102.165.55.131
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    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    TeganEgerton karenhernandez2619lqsd@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 38.154.77.1
    bertieethel bertieethel@veauly.com 172.71.159.81
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    bunk-bed-for-kids2400 klaudiaflick82@simu.elyquin.org 86.105.185.182
    PhillisM47 philliskinsella9@.mxdood.com 196.196.253.94
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    gusberryman gusberryman@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.22.20.143
    Adakiden Adakiden@hotmail.se 78.69.88.197
    CarloshUb amorrow7597@sbcglobal.net 185.220.101.60
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    leonorasummers9007 leonorasummers9007@koes.justdied.com 38.154.186.183
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