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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 - 10 Mar 2026 1:16 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,087
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    RheaGentry5 rheagentry62@scene.muzaco.com 103.221.232.62
    MaribelWestgarth maribelwestgarth4@broad.ehomu.com 144.48.52.31
    ramil-gilmanow ramil-gilmanow@mail.ru 172.71.158.167
    oscarlowe oscarlowe@viavuive.net 69.4.92.225
    MaribelCou maribel-courts@dixz.org 120.11.92.100
    RodrigoHel rodrigo.helms@emailgsa9.xyz 134.255.243.78
    6b8ee405b6c135511b42a9dd700f2f09 6b8ee405b6c135511b42a9dd700f2f09@mail.infomaniak.c 120.40.130.70
    matthewjohnson9343cs69 matthewjohnson9343cs69@gsasearchengineranker.com 162.158.167.133
    pro.onboard740 pro.onboard740@passinbox.com (empty)
    odaros odaros@azet.sk 78.98.29.26
    a021eb8f6b14dfd4e77638db8fb659f3 a021eb8f6b14dfd4e77638db8fb659f3@mail.infomaniak.c 120.40.130.70
    0946a0eaf9cb734ab1c1e799df87cb4c 0946a0eaf9cb734ab1c1e799df87cb4c@mail.infomaniak.c 120.40.130.70
    fa4cac70c15cce2bd450c7134ac693d2 fa4cac70c15cce2bd450c7134ac693d2@mail.infomaniak.c 120.40.130.70
    JewellMahurin9 jewellmahurin2@seat.muzaco.com 196.196.254.113
    SamuelCollings6 samuelcollings@cloudcourier.xyz 104.207.59.100
    JaimiePhelan436 michellenelson@solstris.com 144.48.52.102
    c444bad9f2886690f55a6a6b2093685f c444bad9f2886690f55a6a6b2093685f@mail.infomaniak.c 120.40.130.70
    MandyMorehouse9 mandymorehouse65@cloudcourier.xyz 45.3.37.26
    TammyR24052 wj2usc278r81@nestmailbox.com 192.186.131.42
    PJKAntonietta antonietta.vondoussa@cloudcourier.xyz 104.207.54.207
    ShantaeMor susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 104.140.210.159
    KelliNegrete918 susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 154.30.213.187
    VidaSkurrie415 vidaskurrie39@among.ehomu.com 45.125.245.141
    steve-dunlea steve-dunlea@onedigimail.xyz 104.207.36.155
    202:8108:8125:100:27:12:7:445 202:8108:8125:100:27:12:7:445 120.40.130.70
    angelineschnell5 angelineschnell5@sete.blyxen.com 172.69.23.193
    earle.falleni3780 earle.falleni3780@imhotester.forum 188.130.184.243
    SandyYxp0094 sandy-kinder@cryptoboss-casino09qw.top 72.56.188.114
    opal.cunniff-3609 opal.cunniff-3609@netdeal.site 45.130.81.81
    KayKerry26 susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 38.154.129.94
    claudiarossetti74 claudiarossetti74@past.pettin.com 206.214.82.143
    LashundaRoldan lashundaroldan@cloudcourier.xyz 65.111.25.206
    birgitbrewis28 birgitbrewis28@sisa.claxyn.org 172.71.154.178
    RoseanneHalverso susanmcilwraith@adult-work.info 38.154.117.89
    WNQWilton358539 wilton-conforti@cloudcourier.xyz 216.26.253.213
    RalfT673372481 ralfclatterbuck52@among.ehomu.com 103.221.232.223
    BerryGoodrich05 berrygoodrich35@cool.muzaco.com 144.48.52.117
    md md@webtoteam.shop 162.158.167.134
    marianhartfield90 marianhartfield90@gato.ophixy.com 172.71.158.166
    topone27 topone27@blogwebsite.top 172.71.154.178
    RCLAugustus augustus-starr@cryptoboss-casino09qw.top 72.56.191.205
    stephainesager1455 stephainesager1455@asia.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.179
    SaulCreswick78 saulcreswick-7581@cryptoboss-casino09qw.top 72.56.188.87
    ganita ganita@xmc.pl 172.71.158.166
    elizabethhammett2022 elizabethhammett2022@salpingomyu.ru 120.40.130.70
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    carlthorp carlthorp@dcctb.com 172.71.158.167
    OnitaHedditch7 onitahedditch40@70ec.realtemiz.xyz 198.245.76.226
    KathleenCrowell kathleencrowell18@scene.muzaco.com 223.29.254.158
    Bernadette79Y bernadette-havelock3@cloudcourier.xyz 104.207.38.232
    johnhotchkiss johnhotchkiss@l3harris.com 168.149.138.218
    alexmc2007 alexmc2007@hotmail.co.uk 79.127.160.212
    avillanueva343 avillanueva343@gmail.com 154.57.3.36
    avillanueva avillanueva@gmail.com 154.57.3.36
    alexmc2007 alexmc2007@hotmail.co.uk 207:403:4051:00:15:24:789:140
    DemiOtto43 demiotto78@cloudcourier.xyz 193.56.28.118
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    garrettgrimes23 garrettgrimes23@seme.glinxy.com 172.69.134.83
    mart.as.p.ell.o.w.da. mart.as.p.ell.o.w.da.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    krazjriz krazjriz@fuhrenmail.com 64.31.20.22
    sherilaflamme69 sherilaflamme69@siso.elyquin.org 162.158.167.134
    jaxon-cantu jaxon-cantu@quickreply.beachflag.click 191.101.114.64
    katja-hursey37 katja-hursey37@support.51tiemo.com 162.158.167.134
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