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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 - 26 Jan 2026 2:04 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,350
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    lowellgross lowellgross@fastmail.com 74.15.110.92
    lowellgross lowellgross@fastmail.com 142.198.122.2
    202:2788:1046:2515:464:967:6:094 202:2788:1046:2515:464:967:6:094 120.40.130.70
    LynnDuCroz9357 lynnducroz@saudiroofing.top 192.227.238.177
    lowellgross lowellgross@fastmail.com 142.112.144.73
    veriflesprivat2 veriflesprivat2@konstruksituntas.com 172.71.158.69
    davis.davis52 davis.davis52@cawovi.sweetmom.cv 172.71.158.68
    SherleneSzz kaylasuper9532@mailmenot.io 196.51.236.227
    2003::747:595:15:6075:12:2257 2003::747:595:15:6075:12:2257 120.40.130.70
    rosalynlarkin74 rosalynlarkin74@lower.ehomu.com 172.71.154.178
    lindahildreth1917 lindahildreth1917@acetylcholgh.ru 172.69.23.194
    Artisanwmk harriet@thinkargus.com 98.190.239.3
    JooGabriel8931 joogabrieldasneves@ssinvestimentos.com 173.244.56.147
    ingeborg-harlan ingeborg-harlan@cryptoboss-casin777.top 72.56.154.80
    TresaDaily tresadaily@art.fanficforum.com 204.44.76.5
    2a1a 2a1a@service.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2001:98:1:2900:05:187:87:57 2001:98:1:2900:05:187:87:57 120.40.130.70
    patsyaaron1983 patsyaaron1983@salpingomyu.ru 120.40.130.70
    AmyMacleod56824 amymacleod47@self.ehomu.com 196.242.195.12
    Woodrow73T wtortowyw1r75@nestmailbox.com 196.51.33.8
    lindahildreth1917 lindahildreth1917@acetylcholgh.ru 162.158.167.133
    poppymetcalf2740 poppymetcalf2740@dvd.dns-cloud.net 107.150.65.127
    karen.witt karen.witt@allsparkrising.com 192.3.4.221
    ruby.higginbotham67 ruby.higginbotham67@dreamlifecraft.com 107.172.170.173
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    shayna-hudgens96 shayna-hudgens96@dreamlifecraft.com 23.81.229.76
    ralf-herndon ralf-herndon@dreamlifecraft.com 107.173.185.136
    LeslieDrakeford lesliedrakeford21@river.muzaco.com 196.242.178.197
    werner-stonge werner-stonge@dreamlifecraft.com 107.172.53.79
    work.7.7.7to.p work.7.7.7to.p@gmail.com 178.46.48.170
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aliburrell4824 aliburrell4824@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.154.178
    tatianakight tatianakight@0815.ru 172.71.154.179
    PhillippAlley99 wsekthearejgr75@nestmailbox.com 192.241.121.47
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ITIDarlene richardjackson8115ijjb@c.travel-e-store.com 38.154.42.107
    thad.foskett64 thad.foskett64@comfort.carolinensielwebcam.click 104.22.20.179
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    thanhtrevino5431 thanhtrevino5431@11jac.com 172.69.134.211
    MellisaTonkin60 mellisatonkin38@keep.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.224
    202:267:04:415:0:9000:: 202:267:04:415:0:9000:: 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    carl.brownell28 carl.brownell28@feedback.51tiemo.com 162.158.167.134
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lucindamacmillan6065 lucindamacmillan6065@hotbird.giize.com 104.22.17.126
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    AlejandroKanode annettaphifer456@mailmenot.io 46.8.23.199
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    roslynsnow roslynsnow@cffck.store 172.69.134.210
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    jacinto-rudolph jacinto-rudolph@emailgsa11.xyz 103.204.108.161
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    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
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