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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 - 14 Mar 2026 5:19 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,584
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    ingridsolorio ingridsolorio@asia.dnsabr.com 49.13.174.1
    dylancroteau53 dylancroteau53@fuerte.elyquin.com 172.71.158.68
    PearlineSt pearlinestoll@cryptobosswin7.casino 72.56.191.245
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    Odette12A3 augustatorr486@ohgitu.me 43.227.109.185
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    esteban.ebersbacher esteban.ebersbacher@beachtenenglisch.click 172.69.23.194
    ka.rl.o.s.76h.y.an.it.o.s ka.rl.o.s.76h.y.an.it.o.s@gmail.com 84.239.43.173
    frederickpollard frederickpollard@cryptoboss023.site 162.158.167.134
    darleneprichard darleneprichard@emailgsa9.xyz 103.197.170.18
    noreen.schlapp noreen.schlapp@1d2e.novagroup.biz 23.19.82.154
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    ChanceKellow chancekellow9460@azino777-nexus.com 72.56.188.146
    benitamartinez1961 benitamartinez1961@salpingomyu.ru 64.31.20.22
    arnetteseal arnetteseal@hello-word-2026.store 172.71.158.69
    Scotty16C5 florrieshowalter826@1secmail.org 104.193.212.123
    adrienneforest adrienneforest@ai108.online 45.3.49.68
    mar.t.a.sp.ell.ow.da. mar.t.a.sp.ell.ow.da.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    pabloshackell60 pabloshackell60@tupu.lyvix.org 172.71.154.179
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    FletcherErnest5 fletcher.fletcher@cesoja.roofmail.world 209.50.168.133
    harrisonsliquor.myrtlebeach harrisonsliquor.myrtlebeach@gmail.com 143.137.165.191
    me1 me1@topcrush.org 120.40.130.70
    dwainhamlin dwainhamlin@t.woeishyang.com 172.71.158.69
    infra infra@myfitnesspal.com 120.40.130.70
    bart-harmer bart-harmer@contact.carenmiosga.click 172.71.154.178
    james.moynihan james.moynihan@louisvuitton.com 120.40.130.70
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    quirqgmb quirqgmb@bekommenmail.com 172.71.158.69
    threestep80 threestep80@proton.me 185.98.169.5
    mueller-malchin mueller-malchin@t-online.de 193.189.100.204
    margaret.mccloud.2637 margaret.mccloud.2637@topcompanygroup.com 91.186.214.159
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    noellalatimer28 noellalatimer28@seat.muzaco.com 172.69.134.82
    npawebqhnpl npawebqhnpl@problemno.shop 172.69.23.193
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    eldenbrydon56 eldenbrydon56@eagle.vexint.com 104.22.20.234
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    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
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    stevenmiller5421puz4 stevenmiller5421puz4@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.17.126
    priv.orders priv.orders@pm.me 2001:1708:6240:700:11:8611:54:7528
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    gitadrost gitadrost@termgame.net 162.158.167.133
    debbie.barwell61 debbie.barwell61@389d.gobestboys.top 23.81.124.229
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    mantenimiento.software mantenimiento.software@uvp.mx 120.40.130.70
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