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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 - 17 Jul 2026 6:05 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,291
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 120.40.130.70
    sobakova05 sobakova05@mail.ru 195.170.201.153
    PasqualeNel pasquale-figuanziato-santiago28@healthypplevery.or 172.96.89.214
    202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 120.40.130.70
    canuckaudiomart.unwatched268 canuckaudiomart.unwatched268@simplelogin.com 76.11.91.90
    WadeLeidig7761 wadeleidig@koiot.de 5.157.5.17
    nellieupchurch nellieupchurch@anonmails.de 172.69.135.14
    202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 120.40.130.70
    robertrodriguez4153d06n robertrodriguez4153d06n@b.welcometotijuana.com 107.175.36.145
    SherriMcdaniels johnwilson6050ojsv@a.travel-e-store.com 196.51.167.37
    202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 202:03:818:900:951:58:445:178 120.40.130.70
    RooseveltNott55 roosevelt-nott99@5af4.justicarneo.website 38.154.67.215
    cheaped cheapedpillsonline.com@gmail.com 146.70.228.82
    NumbersHut numbers.hutcheon-5065@lalola.space 72.207.33.64
    MartaCameron34 martacameron76@oti.crossandgarlic.com 196.51.9.129
    DorthyOpx sarahgarcia7449ql3x@b.blog-stuff.com 38.154.52.143
    202:03:8:00:99:18:4254:657 202:03:8:00:99:18:4254:657 120.40.130.70
    Alma21 asenova99@bk.ru 95.58.188.148
    Carole93P williamwilliams1916oi1z@c.blog-stuff.com 66.63.185.35
    RebekahLan karengarcia7562nu4x@b.blog-stuff.com 107.172.11.24
    nastyapoluge nastyapoluge@mail.ru 172.69.22.87
    pavelnaciti pavelnaciti@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    wadexander wadexander@mmds.shop 104.22.20.143
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    angelinakrieger angelinakrieger@adult-work.info 172.69.22.87
    concepcionhause43 concepcionhause43@no.mxdood.com 162.158.167.122
    MeaganBreshears wceaxiftisuatswtr91@nestmailbox.com 192.186.145.133
    LoydNilsen antonioliu22671@d.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.20.61
    SherrieCfj sherrienewport100@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.247
    jonnalahey jonnalahey@onebetasiagacor.store 149.71.56.164
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    BrianneWinneke brianne-brianne@gobeme.freecams.cloud 77.243.90.215
    202:1810:9543:3500:153:45:7:4987 202:1810:9543:3500:153:45:7:4987 120.40.130.70
    chumak69 chumak69@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    rachellevasser4 rachellevasser4@first.icons-eg.net 107.173.217.189
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    CliftonHxp clifton-tornello31@healthypplevery.org 149.20.241.217
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    ElbertGuerin elbertguerin44@river.muzaco.com 181.215.16.216
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    Brianvoism lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 84.54.44.19
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    RenatoLama msxgmhub@elegantclockwork.com 168.0.212.52
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    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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