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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 - 24 Aug 2026 3:29 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,899
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2600:382:3088:3489:08:4921:586:19 2600:382:3088:3489:08:4921:586:19 120.40.130.70
    ImaNutt557 hwalucio@solstris.com 154.16.69.173
    HaroldEarley kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.92.164
    GraceLeboeuf24 graceleboeuf57@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    LizzieBerman954 lizzieberman97@put.pettin.com 191.101.92.218
    ajamesunior715 ajamesunior@126.com 27.34.242.102
    HalleyK765301 finlaylynette@solstris.com 144.48.52.235
    zsameltexaxd9700 zsameltexaxd@yahoo.com 27.34.242.102
    how4 how4@blogranks.top 2.57.23.59
    oqdoespgpea oqdoespgpea@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    herbert.whetsel-8708 herbert.whetsel-8708@mailtech.ro 188.213.1.228
    ElinorBravo0249 elinorbravo71@brick.pettin.com 196.198.13.165
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jared.quesinberry jared.quesinberry@mailtech.ro 188.214.227.144
    noreenroundtree6701 noreenroundtree6701@mailtech.ro 188.214.227.104
    RMKScarlett tedtia@solstris.com 144.48.52.235
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mellisa-oconghalaigh95 mellisa-oconghalaigh95@healthypplevery.org 67.218.5.216
    domains domains@clubessential.com 120.40.130.70
    LatiaMunday4607 barbaramartinez2360bngc@c.mustdoindubai.com 72.57.65.155
    wwupgztwwsn wwupgztwwsn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    LawannaGoble78 lawannagoble55@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.250
    GradyWhitefoord gradywhitefoord36@act.milkgg.com 102.165.55.133
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    veroniques clara@nofreeze.pro 136.0.120.106
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    randi.holmes randi.holmes@proton.me 104.195.142.111
    OuidaA8489839169 ouidarey8@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.105
    marilynnestes marilynnestes@saudiroofing.top 191.102.151.105
    aravind.reddysolipuram aravind.reddysolipuram@mulesoft.com 120.40.130.70
    kyleschilroth kyleschilroth@hotmail.com 208.103.252.121
    jbradrush jbradrush@gmail.com 2607:8:601:98:81:6126:59:98
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    jbradrush jbradrush@gmail.com 2607:8:601:98:97:531:265:058
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    jbradrush jbradrush@gmail.com 67.70.205.112
    sergebarbosa sergebarbosa@gmail.com 209:3:1662:18::311:8
    wctugg wctugg@gmail.com 98.121.176.19
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    cbriere1965 cbriere1965@gmail.com 202:267:8:620:0:000:0:4
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