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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 - 5 Dec 2025 4:39 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,194
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    AmeeCiotti96698 davidrodriguez4150oexq@welcometotijuana.com 178.132.111.64
    isiahmariano isiahmariano@tempr.email 172.69.23.147
    DarrelBurdge wpokernovatosurr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.34
    info info@speed-seo.net 120.40.130.70
    darreldresdner5988 darreldresdner5988@anonmails.de 45.92.126.176
    evayeast1964 evayeast1964@salpingomyu.ru 188.130.219.79
    Margret8370 markgarcia8247bpnk@budgetthailandtravel.com 178.132.111.64
    matthewjackson1398xkl2 matthewjackson1398xkl2@verifiedlinklist.com 178.132.111.64
    jamestaylor5183leeh jamestaylor5183leeh@gsasearchengineranker.com 108.62.124.20
    2408:8720:800:522:18:: 2408:8720:800:522:18:: 120.40.130.70
    in5 in5@blogwebsite.top 194.53.140.247
    columbusfewings columbusfewings@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.137
    dionisij.grigorev.92 dionisij.grigorev.92@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    juniorgreenwood juniorgreenwood@ramin200.site 142.90.37.118
    johngonzalez1351zbbx johngonzalez1351zbbx@budgetthailandtravel.com 178.132.111.64
    CristinaPan6 cristina.pan67@clipz.top 104.249.47.185
    FrederickLhw wfaniriakoorr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.101.140
    info info@professionalseocleanup.com 120.40.130.70
    LorriXho88594 lorri.garibay@aea7.iap2022.com 96.62.111.56
    adreamofwolvesinthesnow adreamofwolvesinthesnow@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    TeenaMcCallum9 christopherwilliams45896r7p@welcometotijuana.com 45.33.157.102
    fe.dor.mu.t.an.is fe.dor.mu.t.an.is@gmail.com 172.71.154.67
    renaldoeggers renaldoeggers@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.194
    LynLightfoot90 lynlightfoot@aea7.iap2022.com 181.215.11.228
    ricardofv69 ricardofv69@adm92.globalmail-apac.digital 185.40.4.92
    minabutdinovaazalia679 minabutdinovaazalia679@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    LauraGaa76382 susanmiller5551z0fz@verifiedlinklist.com 107.173.28.149
    MarioPreston88 mag@a.seoneo.app 196.51.3.47
    AaronWoi33864 aaron.boothman23@c99a.iap2022.com 74.0.98.74
    LauriCurran95 lauri.curran4274@strategyinsights.xyz 202.14.6.171
    kulabukhova-0ryg5 kulabukhova-0ryg5@myrambler.ru 85.90.208.132
    Shinergykzi e.n.terof.fice.2.20.7.202.23@gmail.com 141.98.100.212
    MacBastow361848 delta@e.cosmiccircuit.store 196.51.5.178
    JYLJanette janette.sheets@aea7.iap2022.com 193.41.68.156
    spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.datrandom-10-10 spinfile-names.dat.spinfile-lnames.datrandom-10-10 139.28.219.30
    2001:0:429:627:219:75:779:684 2001:0:429:627:219:75:779:684 120.40.130.70
    DanielSkogstad daniel@gna.ai 194.143.226.132
    employmentopportunites employmentopportunites@hensoldt.net 120.40.130.70
    o.ximu.s7.7.7.w.z.yex.3.ec.q.4 o.ximu.s7.7.7.w.z.yex.3.ec.q.4@gmail.com 172.69.134.210
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    maial-mahmoud80892 maial-mahmoud80892@seoautomationpro.com 104.22.20.195
    TamiHaynie46 wveggedwrr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.106
    2001:0:49:27:947:258:4:220 2001:0:49:27:947:258:4:220 120.40.130.70
    brendanworsham6230 brendanworsham6230@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.71.159.137
    SZNStella2774438 wtiskas4r70@nestmailbox.com 45.33.145.166
    LeonoraWashburn barbarajackson712098nd@bestvpsfor.xyz 206.214.82.175
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    JeseniaRowley2 wignivome1hr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.101.190
    DonnyMcvay06 donny-mcvay-6673@openlandguide.xyz 165.231.101.90
    2001:0:4002:62:852:721:5398:97 2001:0:4002:62:852:721:5398:97 120.40.130.70
    kerrijeffers kerrijeffers@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.194
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    DeidreDubin353 deidredubin@ffrci.com 147.185.250.84
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    vivienbayly.2845 vivienbayly.2845@fishingpalmbeach.com 85.204.70.96
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    pencucon97 pencucon97@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    myrnaakehurst myrnaakehurst@anonmails.de 172.69.23.147
    ivory.donovan ivory.donovan@otakuinsights.xyz 172.69.23.148
    o.g.ucu.q.e959 o.g.ucu.q.e959@gmail.com 172.69.134.210
    altabader altabader@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.71.159.137
    2804:14:91:8007:8534:7:2912:01 2804:14:91:8007:8534:7:2912:01 120.40.130.70
    ivanstelygikiii19872802 ivanstelygikiii19872802@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ba.ilbon.d.s.1.2.0 ba.ilbon.d.s.1.2.0@gmail.com 162.158.166.210
    claudioluster claudioluster@healthdietshop.com 172.69.134.211
    leotan3 leotan3@ligmamail.com 138.199.59.38
    houston625 houston.elledge@carolinensielrestaurants.click 109.122.24.71
    mike mike@monkeydigital.co 120.40.130.70
    darlenecallister56 darlenecallister56@semo.elyquin.org 104.22.17.126
    DustyPaschke31 dusty-dusty7@duwoda.promail.guru 193.42.245.15
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