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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 - 28 Mar 2026 1:40 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,822
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    chester-chester chester-chester@leduwa.pokemonica.online 216.26.229.147
    phish123 phish123@evil-domain.com 120.40.130.70
    phisher phisher@evil-domain.com 120.40.130.70
    bounce bounce@different-domain.xyz 120.40.130.70
    rainaoaks3 rainaoaks3@customercare.thetravellersrest.click 23.105.157.119
    d.a.t.awe.vi.d.e.z0.4 d.a.t.awe.vi.d.e.z0.4@gmail.com (empty)
    rifiriwo rifiriwo@denipl.com 120.40.130.70
    StephaniaB @panglima12.xyz 196.198.13.9
    josephjohnson1075jk9b josephjohnson1075jk9b@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.17.126
    OEMWilhelmina kelliamber@solstris.com 196.198.13.114
    scott scott@knoxmail.net 76.70.77.176
    ekaterinadoluna ekaterinadoluna@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    olegzaluri olegzaluri@mail.ru 104.22.17.126
    january january@o2.pl 91.230.99.28
    GGLShenna4575 dessiecarla@solstris.com 196.196.254.163
    maurice-sloane.9340 maurice-sloane.9340@forest-arrow-game.click 95.182.126.159
    nbatsman nbatsman@yandex.ru 109.248.132.194
    ElliottFys olivertanaka358754nbp@a.seoautomationpro.com 192.198.105.150
    arethaburston arethaburston@emailgsa5.xyz 172.69.134.83
    lashondastrode4445 lashondastrode4445@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    %Forum_nick% laurencetrudeau2637@hotbird.giize.com 198.23.216.25
    info info@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    shalandabettis shalandabettis@mytempmail.org 172.69.134.83
    ninatolmie ninatolmie@feedback.51tiemo.com 195.63.21.128
    theron-hipple theron-hipple@customer.hotelhafenhamburg.click 172.71.154.178
    AngelesHal khalidperez10497n2q5@d.seoautomationpro.com 152.232.164.172
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    TriciaF92 seo2@infoseguridad.lat 139.59.24.173
    KeenanZamudio06 keenanzamudio84@just.cdfaq.com 103.221.232.223
    SashaLoveless93 sashaloveless97@lower.ehomu.com 154.16.69.76
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    PhoebeTrip lorenzoyamamoto3356454od@b.seoautomationpro.com 192.186.182.219
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    bbarrett bbarrett@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    v.v.ch13 v.v.ch13@ya.ru 94.25.173.126
    JacobAxc24182 ethelfavenc4535@mailmenot.io 134.255.243.74
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    silviacrenshaw3534 silviacrenshaw3534@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.126
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    soko.l.q.ue.en.for.ev.er soko.l.q.ue.en.for.ev.er@gmail.com 172.71.154.178
    celinagilley2114 celinagilley2114@odvh.xyz 196.245.184.159
    w.o.odf.or.d.james.on.4 w.o.odf.or.d.james.on.4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    IsiahBarwell66 junkodwayne@solstris.com 196.198.13.152
    MindaKirk355659 gerald@uraplive.com 192.186.165.154
    jefferson-rider78 jefferson-rider78@beachtenenglisch.click 104.22.20.234
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    SummerToro summer.moscowitz-torode@healthypplevery.org 149.20.244.206
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    errolerrol90 errolerrol90@helito.chicagoes.xyz 65.111.0.90
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    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 104.22.17.127
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    jacquelynn jacquelynn@a.astroaxis.online 198.154.86.161
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    GuyAmbrose51 guyambrose84@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.83
    WalkerRodman7 walkerrodman8514@admiralx-challenge.top 72.56.188.229
    jzwmorbf jzwmorbf@streetwormail.com 172.71.158.69
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    stephanlogsdon5563 stephanlogsdon5563@anonmails.de 104.22.20.235
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