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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 - 27 Aug 2026 10:38 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,386
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    IsabelleTurner5 isabelleturner48@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MadelaineRansom madelaineransom49@lower.ehomu.com 223.29.254.158
    paulgonzalez2665qqho paulgonzalez2665qqho@travel-e-store.com 172.71.154.178
    qeepnlpznPi qeepnlpznPi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    213:41:877:6881:941:99:949:921 213:41:877:6881:941:99:949:921 120.40.130.70
    jcdpzwlt jcdpzwlt@blackfirsta.com 104.23.160.63
    yuxokbdp yuxokbdp@analismail.com 104.23.160.63
    212:86:282:825:503:585:254:6 212:86:282:825:503:585:254:6 120.40.130.70
    Tangela4901 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 195.2.71.225
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    lzmxdooi lzmxdooi@firsthidden.com 104.23.160.62
    BrittanyJarnigan brittanyjarnigan64@toy.pettin.com 191.101.92.164
    isvagedy isvagedy@firsthidden.com 172.68.174.110
    how4 how4@blogranks.top 172.71.158.117
    LazaroYuranigh3 lazaroyuranigh40@brick.pettin.com 191.101.92.183
    demetria-cerfberr31 demetria-cerfberr31@take-ur-vites.org 216.41.233.61
    jeanlegrand991+b33gm5v5 jeanlegrand991+b33gm5v5@hotmail.com 120.40.130.70
    maximilian-cleri61 maximilian-cleri61@healthypplevery.org 172.69.135.13
    HopeOsullivan hope.hope@nuzifi.promail.guru 199.96.164.216
    liepkebe liepkebe@yahoo.com.mx 187.184.245.247
    2800:484:16:000:1885:019:75:6 2800:484:16:000:1885:019:75:6 120.40.130.70
    chiclesmilmo chiclesmilmo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    aisabelayandexto8184 aisabelayandexto@163.com 46.8.16.249
    Avtoservis_onor dqtpjpwjxor@lvdskjn.store 2.26.23.219
    Debora87A2459739 deboracarden41@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    Avtoservis_onor dqtpjpwjxor@lvdskjn.store 45.81.136.5
    ponomareva.1982.21.7 ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 185.231.155.169
    art24 art24@blogranks.top 2.57.23.210
    flintvale flintvale@pokerenchiles.cl 95.85.66.200
    vickiestella vickiestella@anonmails.de 172.71.154.179
    RosalindaGrimsto mablelomas7340@1secmail.com 153.72.141.5
    RosalindaGrimsto mablelomas7340@1secmail.com 153.72.141.140
    RosalindaGrimsto mablelomas7340@1secmail.com 153.72.141.38
    svetlanazakipe svetlanazakipe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    1121 1121@truemotor.ru 120.40.130.70
    lula-hansen73 lula-hansen73@78f2.emailma.store 104.22.20.142
    nstonexsar sdfsdf4r4545t5lesmail@gmail.com 37.139.53.2
    wilhelminahenning9049 wilhelminahenning9049@freundin.ru 172.69.135.13
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 172.71.158.117
    MelodeeBeauvais melodeebeauvais82@fast.veauly.com 154.16.69.173
    DonnaBadil donnabadilla68@def.vocalmajoritynow.com 152.232.221.161
    clemmietozer8087 clemmietozer8087@anonmails.de 172.69.135.13
    zrnieenqlPi zrnieenqlPi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    cornelius.cornelius cornelius.cornelius@fanavi.pretoria.pro 104.22.20.142
    DwightEgge0845 wfozavur94@nestmailbox.com 38.154.110.228
    landontheis landontheis@anonmails.de 104.22.18.54
    fernandoclutterbuck fernandoclutterbuck@nabomail.com 104.22.20.143
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    rowena.coffee rowena.coffee@wordspacemail.com 172.71.154.179
    tfvjevaojpn tfvjevaojpn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    carybramlett15 carybramlett15@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.168
    matthiaslaby3341 matthiaslaby3341@anonmails.de 104.22.18.54
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    gayhagen gayhagen@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.82
    ClydeMiramontes clydemiramontes30@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    201:22:978:72:10:59:77:41 201:22:978:72:10:59:77:41 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    GeraldineFolk8 paulgarcia7572d6vp@c.blog-stuff.com 94.46.247.89
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johnwilson3973b4z3 johnwilson3973b4z3@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 172.69.23.183
    rnvbavhoppn rnvbavhoppn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ColletteMerideth collettemerideth35@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.34
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