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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 Jul 2026 2:38 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,765
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    help help@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
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    MaritaKaiser maritakaiser14@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.105
    ifozrevhvx ifozrevhvx@rambler.ru 84.239.42.139
    anibalanibal anibalanibal@dogigu.commumail.xyz 172.71.159.81
    echononeofyourbiz echononeofyourbiz@atomicmail.io 120.40.130.70
    zoila-diaz9723 zoila-diaz9723@ultimateemailstorage.shop 162.158.167.127
    ChiquitaMalloy1 ferneoflaherty1645@koes.justdied.com 114.10.46.244
    nelsonhammer73 nelsonhammer73@tuti.dravix.org 172.69.135.14
    DickGoggins001 dickgoggins48@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.164
    bjppvy03 bjppvy03@aviator-game-best.com 120.40.130.70
    wvybrqwiue wvybrqwiue@rambler.ru 84.239.42.139
    202:1210:241:2500:6925:88:73:1837 202:1210:241:2500:6925:88:73:1837 120.40.130.70
    edwardoyewen3257 edwardoyewen3257@freundin.ru 172.71.159.82
    sidneygrattan sidneygrattan@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.154.178
    lester lester@sjm6610.pfe91.imxproxy.top 107.189.8.65
    202:1810:918:8400:587:45:7780:444 202:1810:918:8400:587:45:7780:444 120.40.130.70
    KinaRentoul3 kinarentoul99@feed.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.39
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    maker manusianagazilong@gmail.com 114.10.120.130
    fred fred@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sjain sjain@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.i.w.ei.ko.4.6.3 l.i.w.ei.ko.4.6.3@gmail.com 176.111.37.5
    jfilippi jfilippi@lululemon.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TheodoreJoiner kellyemark3040@t.woeishyang.com 45.63.19.133
    MargieZ429 margiewick68@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.83
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    rachellecuellar60 rachellecuellar60@delvor.nexanta.eu 172.69.135.13
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    MerleGrills8 wendellschmitz@clousy.site 191.96.150.123
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    testkey testkey@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:511:000:6091:4:844:322 202:3100:511:000:6091:4:844:322 120.40.130.70
    paulinebenedict paulinebenedict@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.143
    NoahBodnar3398 noahbodnar73@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.58
    lignet66 lignet66@aviator-game-best.com 120.40.130.70
    HildegardSweet1 patriciathomas2261vr8x@b.mustdoindubai.com 192.161.191.55
    sadiefajardo3725 sadiefajardo3725@now.mefound.com 104.22.20.143
    wendellbogart wendellbogart@freundin.ru 156.241.219.145
    ClaraBoyce joshuagarcia5434ltq7@c.verifiedlinklist.com 23.229.116.171
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    BrianCop sokolovromapp7039@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
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    Sam16T4399497428 samfreund59@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.52
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    DedraBarcenas newbloghi252@blogranks.top 2.57.23.247
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    bernardcatt bernardcatt@mailku.co 172.69.135.14
    christopherbrereton1 christopherbrereton1@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.128
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    Thomashie cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 67.159.17.51
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    AkilahHinton arturoshannan@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
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    MikkiCuevas50 mikkicuevas83@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.164
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