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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 Apr 2026 5:03 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,050
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:4053:902:165:4
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:10:195:507:7
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:5:0:57:946
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:19:83:760:966
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:4179:86:496:
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:90:211:3:81
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:417:5:373:47
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:56:4:23:34
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:743:424:94:649
    Buy-JLPT-Certificate-No-Exam-Required4416 horacealcantar43@semo.glinxy.com 102.165.0.186
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:31:56:367:86
    karenthomas4130lqf0 karenthomas4130lqf0@b.resorts-in-asia.com 72.57.67.8
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:384:884:947:773
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:0:222:30:20
    cengland cengland@cogeco.ca 2001:1970:427:4700:242:4:7968:256
    Buy-Professional-JLPT-Certificate8659 fawnbaddeley16@semo.glinxy.com 194.53.140.189
    chang-hoyle chang-hoyle@tiptopmail.top 91.223.133.122
    jerrell-moffet jerrell-moffet@tiptopmail.top 91.223.133.73
    renadodds renadodds@tiptopmail.top 91.223.133.206
    prince-pedley5445 prince-pedley5445@cryptoboss-slt.top 72.56.154.245
    30-Feet-Container5816 georgeconnelly64@sise.claxyn.org 185.213.247.40
    AdellLucero adelllucero17@river.muzaco.com 103.221.232.62
    lum.e.n.j.as.o.n03.8. lum.e.n.j.as.o.n03.8.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    edgar-ellwood edgar-ellwood@sansan160.techlaw-tap.click 172.69.134.83
    flesozne1 flesozne1@caskiomna.fun 120.40.130.70
    dsk32276tessablackman dsk32276tessablackman@xn--mgmarkt8-9db.com 91.84.118.32
    AkiboxaInvix joadmd@outlook.com 167.253.49.84
    AlmedaHincks286 almeda.hincks@slgdaily.xyz 185.122.170.128
    EpifaniaPlace epifaniaplace100@mode.ehomu.com 196.196.254.131
    roxana-vetter3863 roxana-vetter3863@eplayfortuna-spinrush.com 72.56.145.172
    KerrieEast18762 kerrieeast92@wild.ehomu.com 154.16.69.250
    KishaGrow689141 karensmith92887hw5@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.47.100
    AshtonLalonde12 casgogo260@blogwebsite.top 45.133.170.30
    EloyIso477838566 casgogo260@blogwebsite.top 5.181.131.134
    sh.a.ki.lh.o.s.sa.i.n.15.12 sh.a.ki.lh.o.s.sa.i.n.15.12@gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    202:1810:428:2800:576:728:254:3043 202:1810:428:2800:576:728:254:3043 120.40.130.70
    Britney95A britneychitwood63@talk.muzaco.com 45.125.245.187
    laurindacountryman laurindacountryman@emailportal.site 104.22.20.143
    viktor130 viktor130@casinotds.xyz 172.69.134.82
    blinsundsusla1984 blinsundsusla1984@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.143
    mariavittoria.catanzariti mariavittoria.catanzariti@eui.eu 120.40.130.70
    chantalzweig chantalzweig@adult-work.info 104.22.20.142
    thomasjones1926g6yv thomasjones1926g6yv@c.pattaya-mega.com 72.57.67.254
    callum.maguire callum.maguire@cheapwinner.com 120.40.130.70
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    CarsonSverjensky jamesjohnson14gvea@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 23.236.242.20
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    kirill.korolev510 kirill.korolev510@casinotds.xyz 172.69.23.193
    GabrieleShaw953 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 181.215.16.116
    debbradebbra8 debbradebbra8@dogigu.commumail.xyz 216.26.235.254
    ReedManning79 winfield128872@belettersmail.com 154.223.208.153
    2001:871:23:25:493:298:3:45 2001:871:23:25:493:298:3:45 120.40.130.70
    pytvsextitylov pytvsextitylov@proton.me 120.40.130.70
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    AndersonFuchs90 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 103.221.232.201
    pluptomcoweb1983 pluptomcoweb1983@mailopenz.com 172.71.158.69
    theresabrendel theresabrendel@spambog.com 209.50.167.239
    kenjiwu33134v9wh kenjiwu33134v9wh@c.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.242.25
    albertoneel13 albertoneel13@role.cdfaq.com 172.71.154.178
    EsmeraldaRoberts casgogo269@blogwebsite.top 45.133.170.139
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    BurtonTracey697 burtontracey@59fd.qatrex.live 144.172.94.217
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    BraydenTrimble2 braydenbrayden@suweda.hawkmail.digital 45.3.39.204
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    kilosik77 kilosik77@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
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