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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 - 15 May 2026 7:36 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,946
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    KathrynPruitt kathrynpruitt10@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.55.20
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vaserika vaserika@caskiomna.fun 172.69.134.85
    LyndonCbe1 emerypatton2567@anonmails.de 188.130.184.239
    yuolgirl yuolgirl@nicemail.club 120.40.130.70
    OlaLefevre87 brigettemccubbin4494@anonmails.de 109.68.211.149
    DemetraBaca76 edwardobeasley9331@anonmails.de 77.83.149.248
    luigi.luigi luigi.luigi@jozuno.loop.mom 172.71.158.68
    wofford.susan wofford.susan@yaoo.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JanessaGallegos janessa-janessa@fomori.pasta.beer 185.94.35.243
    maxineduterrau9809 maxineduterrau9809@freundin.ru 172.69.23.194
    jens.radmacher jens.radmacher@t-online.de 172.69.23.193
    KristinaKellogg kristina.kristina@juwice.pokemonica.online 140.235.0.185
    ilya.gorshkov ilya.gorshkov@casinotds.xyz 104.22.17.126
    JaxonWoodall18 jaxonwoodall6@these.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    harrymorrow4312 harrymorrow4312@anonmails.de 172.71.158.69
    NestorWom9597454 valentinachisholm@anonmails.de 45.92.127.53
    rodger.duckworth rodger.duckworth@quick.careline.click 172.71.158.68
    brygge123 brygge123@proton.me 81.225.54.224
    noot2nd noot2nd@proton.me 99.249.199.78
    CarleyIlq684819 mh.ru.hollywood.smile.turtsii@8.dnsabr.com 144.91.76.133
    maksim9981 maksim9981@casinotds.xyz 172.71.158.69
    rondabuckley rondabuckley@sedekah-mudah.com. 69.48.202.178
    sam.m.y.m.a.nn.9.7.6. sam.m.y.m.a.nn.9.7.6.@gmail.com 142.111.152.59
    in11 in11@blogwebsite.top 172.69.23.193
    selinyukrodion97 selinyukrodion97@rambler.ru 170.168.153.89
    alfredkarchebnyi01 alfredkarchebnyi01@rambler.ru 156.243.132.19
    aleksushinajanna aleksushinajanna@rambler.ru 193.32.166.207
    vsevolodkostramenkov1987 vsevolodkostramenkov1987@rambler.ru 156.243.221.59
    TresaGruner tresagruner71@put.pettin.com 191.101.114.68
    Barrybep hasvwtufpk@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    ZacharyOgden leathahendrix@freundin.ru 104.223.68.102
    qyiewdtw qyiewdtw@bethcampbell.biz 104.22.20.142
    aliciabergin5826 aliciabergin5826@tribunnews.page 172.69.134.85
    laurimckibben3472 laurimckibben3472@1secmail.com 172.71.154.178
    bogdan6524 bogdan6524@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    d-thiedke d-thiedke@t-online.de 104.22.17.126
    Bridget01V bridgetmajeski24@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.76
    AugustinaWaterho augustinawaterhouse83@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.216
    gloria.nathan57 gloria.nathan57@tahoo.com 146.19.125.69
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    jenniferdavis7536bt9c jenniferdavis7536bt9c@swartluxury258.com 107.175.147.139
    ElsaReitz5 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.196.254.218
    InaPenington12 anniehelena@anonmails.de 109.68.210.65
    2001:818:908:900:586:321:5477:40 2001:818:908:900:586:321:5477:40 120.40.130.70
    RaymondGunter ebonymistry5935@danangsale.net 45.117.63.156
    Genie2620302017 geniesmythe38@put.pettin.com 103.221.232.223
    richardbrown2683232m richardbrown2683232m@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    RebekahThornhill themit888@mail.ru 72.195.34.35
    2804:74:53:700:491:997:4:4 2804:74:53:700:491:997:4:4 120.40.130.70
    camden.fernandes.outlook.com camden.fernandes.outlook.com@gmail.com 146.19.125.69
    isidro-pickrell isidro-pickrell@0982.rshrthertherth.net 172.71.154.179
    qq qq@coffee-run.net 104.22.17.127
    richardbrown2683232m richardbrown2683232m@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    JasonHaddad10 junkodwayne@solstris.com 103.221.232.171
    CatherineWeather hwalucio@solstris.com 191.101.114.216
    romanpavlovwx1429 romanpavlovwx1429@rambler.ru 152.232.72.179
    JanessaSterrett rosalinagoodrich741@anonmails.de 194.32.237.79
    richardbrown2683232m richardbrown2683232m@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    DeloresU11 deloresmcclary61@slow.pettin.com 102.165.55.20
    master master@kyrieirvingshoes.net 102.165.54.210
    danielle.rhyne danielle.rhyne@funnyaussiesigns.com 193.149.225.139
    JoycelynSullivan arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.198.13.205
    iolacampa9 iolacampa9@print.veauly.com 172.71.154.178
    piperadcock29 piperadcock29@brivex.zerivo.eu 120.40.130.70
    redaripley88 redaripley88@armed.veauly.com 172.71.154.179
    plroibam plroibam@bethcampbell.biz 172.71.154.178
    h209bezefck h209bezefck@kanyeomg.com 104.22.20.143
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