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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 - 20 Feb 2026 8:14 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,065
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bvv1785 bvv1785@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    trista-nunes trista-nunes@wordspacemail.com 180.74.240.45
    themit888 themit888@mail.ru 162.158.167.133
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    elizabethmartinez9893ym7j elizabethmartinez9893ym7j@gsasearchengineranker.co 172.69.135.6
    monika.mundy-4781 monika.mundy-4781@zoomaslots-fortune.top 72.56.191.123
    rlc cohen5388@comcast.net 2601:12:4482:980:8:6:11:53
    dmarcreports dmarcreports@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    DianneMercer4 dianne.mercer27@digitalcourier.xyz 104.207.61.58
    SueNevarez wobventiciawr79@nestmailbox.com 192.241.121.41
    GlennaTudor glennatudor27@feed.cdfaq.com 196.242.114.242
    maryellenvandiver5493 maryellenvandiver5493@23.8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.134
    lornamcgaw1440 lornamcgaw1440@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    MerlinVpf88 merlin-swenson78@digitalcourier.xyz 104.207.61.176
    lynwoodgoward lynwoodgoward@wordspacemail.com 179.189.71.162
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    deloreskozak deloreskozak@xdderetronline.xyz 104.22.20.234
    Marievah izot-k-58928355@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
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    mykoabsw mykoabsw@ronaldofmail.com 185.255.126.32
    shanice-piesse shanice-piesse@vipcherry.com 36.143.95.236
    communicationsengineers communicationsengineers@boisestate.edu 120.40.130.70
    CecilShufelt9 christysanger8913@anonmails.de 178.175.140.218
    olivacahvsz4547 olivacahvsz@hotmail.com 209.135.168.41
    riinata-osippova riinata-osippova@bk.ru 172.71.158.68
    natulya.fedosova.96 natulya.fedosova.96@mail.ru 172.69.135.5
    Mai61Y91589891 stevengarcia7493at3v@budgetthailandtravel.com 198.20.174.137
    Michaeltoomb ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 154.16.115.97
    RosarioSancho wtfilezxor79@nestmailbox.com 196.51.33.185
    DorcasBiehl491 wmya0ir79@nestmailbox.com 38.154.68.253
    Michaeltoomb ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 195.2.78.191
    julissa.roth9718 julissa.roth9718@tabmail.web.id 178.253.13.5
    lingmofilo1988 lingmofilo1988@mailopenz.com 162.158.167.134
    mterrone mterrone@nyc.rr.com 45.86.17.200
    devonashe devonashe@dvd.dns-cloud.net 89.221.204.183
    torri.vanburen torri.vanburen@unlimclub-jackpot.top 104.22.20.235
    4056029308 4056029308@tmomail.net 170.246.54.77
    ascentgte aliweller2010@gmail.com 98.170.57.231
    brandi-moffitt89 brandi-moffitt89@marketing.carolinensielweihnachts 172.69.135.6
    xuxulsoe xuxulsoe@wildbmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    presales presales@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
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    astancu astancu@safetechcyber.com 120.40.130.70
    mohammedthorp8579 mohammedthorp8579@anonmails.de 104.22.20.234
    bryn bryn@dontstress.online 104.22.20.235
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    quyenwhitman9747 quyenwhitman9747@anonmails.de 185.117.29.70
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