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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 - 3 Mar 2026 11:12 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,134
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    wauntshushurrr81 wauntshushurrr81@nestmailbox.com 172.71.154.45
    avisos.capacitacion avisos.capacitacion@imss.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    soporte.innovaedu soporte.innovaedu@imss.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    FredrickOFlynn gabriel@a.cooldown.hair 77.246.111.238
    YasminVerdon tamiaubrey@solstris.com 45.125.245.208
    GitaFerrell5 mattiehillary@trashmailr.com 149.36.51.185
    202:586:833:900:25:960:10:734 202:586:833:900:25:960:10:734 120.40.130.70
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FrancisAlbright michaeljones24l819@c.travel-e-store.com 192.241.84.86
    ba.administrativo ba.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    am.administrativo am.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    exclusao exclusao@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    pilyavskayamarina pilyavskayamarina@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    quimioterapicos quimioterapicos@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    MariettaUmbagai danielsmith9024tltw@c.travel-e-store.com 192.241.113.193
    rr.administrativo rr.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    coans.gecor coans.gecor@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    spm.administrativo spm.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    rn.administrativo rn.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ma.administrativo ma.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    renato.canuto renato.canuto@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    al.administrativo al.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    se.administrativo se.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    2409:4085::84:039:2:389:7 2409:4085::84:039:2:389:7 120.40.130.70
    eleicoes2015 eleicoes2015@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    spi.atendimento spi.atendimento@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    cadastro cadastro@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ro.administrativo ro.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    licitacoes licitacoes@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    coefa coefa@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ConnieGilchrist gwendolyntost4809@mailmenot.io 69.4.90.219
    df.administrativo df.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ce.administrativo ce.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    pbm pbm@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
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    pi.administrativo pi.administrativo@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    spi.negociacao spi.negociacao@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ouvidoria ouvidoria@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    chamamentopublico chamamentopublico@postalsaude.com.br 120.40.130.70
    derekbey derekbey@koes.justdied.com 104.22.20.235
    AlejandraBarron sarahnichols@leantechy.xyz 5.253.161.134
    reklam reklam@dzenvpn.com 120.40.130.70
    AlonzoHeffron4 jessicahernandez30694ovj@b.budgetthailandtravel.co 23.229.16.154
    valenciabarna valenciabarna@anonmails.de 172.69.23.193
    ClairAndes9 wsciurcaj0r81@nestmailbox.com 45.33.157.157
    Ivory30L9566458 ivorymagnuson40@eight.vietnambrandmatters.com 38.154.115.148
    LydiaBlacket marymartin7677weep@b.resorts-in-asia.com 192.241.84.122
    MagnoliaTaul578 magnoliataul29@eight.vietnambrandmatters.com 38.154.115.148
    BrandiMcgough85 brandi-mcgough63@festivaldomingosmartins.com.br 142.111.72.198
    KalaPresley54 berrylutz@anonmails.de 78.138.127.62
    BrettWarnes brettwarnes-5424@xn--krken14-bn4c.com 91.84.118.32
    Maritza46K robertsmith97424kmx@b.resorts-in-asia.com 192.241.113.193
    JacobWyant78239 jacob.jacob@ciwelo.water.tattoo 209.50.175.58
    agnesjackson agnesjackson@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    LadonnaVfx ladonna.vanraalte@guerraepaz.org.br 142.111.71.233
    kfwqlbkj kfwqlbkj@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    susanmcilwraith susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 38.154.129.72
    chasitymadirazza712 chasitymadirazza712@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    2804:13:01:815:839:1553:360:159 2804:13:01:815:839:1553:360:159 120.40.130.70
    wdijkwachtktr81 wdijkwachtktr81@nestmailbox.com 172.69.23.194
    PilarLomax3403 pilar-lomax40@1dfb.rshrthertherth.net 161.77.117.54
    JaunitaBal johntaylor3857z6ch@c.mustdoindubai.com 107.172.232.245
    Mickie48X30 bai.l.bo.n.d.s39@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    Bianca61J verifgas4@konstruksituntas.com 110.138.94.44
    hlyguvkz hlyguvkz@tubermail.com 98.159.226.61
    gennieperalta7529 gennieperalta7529@situsbebas.com 162.158.167.133
    gestion.derechohabientes gestion.derechohabientes@imss.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    domain domain@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    tihonoff tihonoff@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    kkzubglz kkzubglz@bekommenmail.com 104.22.17.126
    StephanyLilley1 stephany-lilley59@0a49.rshrthertherth.net 161.77.116.30
    2600:8805:403:00:458:212:425:979 2600:8805:403:00:458:212:425:979 120.40.130.70
    hiltonhilton hiltonhilton@pecalu.goodmail.world 65.111.0.22
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    rey.tim rey.tim@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    bstout bstout@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    PaigeIsabelle paige.paige@paxije.bonusmail.art 45.3.38.247
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