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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 ~1000 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 - 29 Nov 2023 10:24 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,266
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    BonnieQuinlan80 j.en.n.yg.oo.dd@gmail.com 1.160.6.135
    PedroInnes0 pedroinnes22@you.drawnoutalot.com 102.165.16.162
    MalindaNellis78 malinda.nellis@businessconsulting.click 196.51.201.81
    OrenL1723662 je.nnyg.o.odd@gmail.com 1.160.6.135
    canadianhealthymenmail canadianhealthymenmail@hotmail.com 120.40.130.70
    RPXTamara5367822 tamara-mcelhone@strategyconsulting.click 196.51.201.252
    Chelsea35T chelseafrancois@consultingservice.site 196.51.177.162
    BereniceGoldsmit berenicegoldsmith28@hot.bouyee.com 57.128.147.182
    lofapomuy lofapomuy@a.trendesmail.com 172.69.214.86
    NigelPruett7 nigelpruett52@you.drawnoutalot.com 138.199.59.41
    nod.v.a.l.ery88.8xto.m.a.tchst.r.e.e.t.box. nod.v.a.l.ery88.8xto.m.a.tchst.r.e.e.t.box.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    jdog jdog@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    www.wingtiptoys.com www.wingtiptoys.com@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    pass pass@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    4232423424 4232423424@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    mypasswd mypasswd@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    userpassword userpassword@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    IngeLade05 inge.lade93@businessconsulting.click 196.51.176.23
    www.mv.com-ca- www.mv.com-ca-@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    iyasaxi iyasaxi@b.targettmail.com 172.69.214.87
    mojetajneheslo mojetajneheslo@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    EvanRascon92729 6183w7dpk@apian.vip 196.196.147.238
    passwd passwd@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    mypass mypass@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    oxosizec oxosizec@b.trendesmail.com 172.69.214.84
    silva silva@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    80 80@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    mypassword mypassword@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    NigelPruett7 nigelpruett52@you.drawnoutalot.com 185.225.28.237
    1114842879.3178.0.camel 1114842879.3178.0.camel@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    bar bar@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    uyogutawu uyogutawu@c.targettmail.com 172.69.214.166
    UOFRusty973111 rustymartyn@you.drawnoutalot.com 176.125.229.27
    woojangh woojangh@einstein.edu 120.40.130.70
    epobemog epobemog@a.fastretmail.com 54.39.50.123
    lapin lapin@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    PeteSmoot775744 pete.smoot@businessconsulting.click 38.153.167.7
    frithjofalexander1966 frithjofalexander1966@onet.com.pl 10.42.3.111
    itsasecret itsasecret@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    UOFRusty973111 rustymartyn@you.drawnoutalot.com 46.246.8.105
    romeroab romeroab@einstein.edu 120.40.130.70
    michelleha.wk.i.n.g.s62. michelleha.wk.i.n.g.s62.@gmail.com 84.247.59.86
    jocelynirvine22 jocelynirvine22@kudagacor3.fun 10.42.3.111
    LelandDeshotel lelanddeshotel22@bond.fxdan.com 57.128.147.182
    lbuxbaum lbuxbaum@einstein.edu 120.40.130.70
    TeodoroTrugernan teodorotrugernanner82@seo4u.site 38.153.169.142
    PXGDouglas douglasferguson76@court.rodhez.com 125.235.234.9
    AnnDuckett c.u.thah.k.a.i@gmail.com 1.160.6.135
    MartaEscamilla8 j.e.n.ny.goo.dd@gmail.com 1.160.6.135
    AlexandriaDurbin alexandria.durbin7035@web3.sun-roy.com 154.95.1.106
    CoreySalinas555 corey.salinas.7740@web3.sun-roy.com 154.85.100.73
    whelihank whelihank@einstein.edu 120.40.130.70
    201:22:94:7600:352:745:958:48 201:22:94:7600:352:745:958:48 120.40.130.70
    KatharinaLesina katharina.lesina3527@web3.sun-roy.com 154.85.100.31
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 209:3:158:6:::142
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 2605:100:10:043:4:2174:572:795
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 2605:100:10:043:5466:0:14:732
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 202:267:00:501:0:5:7559:251
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 209:2:159:197::28:8
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 209:3:158:1973::289:17
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 209:2:158:197::28:8
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 202:267:02:501:0:2::590
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 2605:100:05:34:42:95:29:50
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 202:267:02:501:0:374:92:772
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 209:2:15:6:::248
    gdonovan gdonovan@ns.sympatico.ca 173.212.124.202
    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 2600:387::5517::
    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 2601:602:900:50:199:517:363:57
    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 2601:602:8900:130:335:98:50:22
    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 2601:602:8900:130:07:844:24:55
    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 2601:602:900:50:3:7::491
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    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 2601:602:8900:130:9:86:42:76
    erik.tolzmann erik.tolzmann@gmail.com 68.117.84.122