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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 - 19 May 2025 10:03 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,526
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 120.40.130.70
    hans.hans22 hans.hans22@rodeyo.mycam.pro 194.169.93.184
    d.a.uili.u.6 d.a.uili.u.6@gmail.com 111.249.147.205
    mauriciohuggins3594 mauriciohuggins3594@mailcatch.com 154.223.203.201
    r.e.ggieth.emas.te.r333 r.e.ggieth.emas.te.r333@gmail.com 91.217.249.180
    202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 120.40.130.70
    muhasebe muhasebe@motolux.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ElouiseFewings scorpio.x@web.de 46.151.24.148
    fenixol3 fenixol3@starpostbox.com 57.129.24.56
    lloll2025 lloll2025@inbox.lv 5.167.103.79
    bridgettbacote5538 bridgettbacote5538@kzccv.com 88.230.95.147
    202:14:1:547:745:69:6:3354 202:14:1:547:745:69:6:3354 120.40.130.70
    agrupacionmusicalorotava agrupacionmusicalorotava@hotmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KirkB8824104 kirkowen@me-and-u.org.uk 165.231.35.59
    202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 120.40.130.70
    Leonor55Z15 leonorworthen-6102@raymonthouse.co.uk 109.230.220.138
    otnqxqmz otnqxqmz@ronaldofmail.com 185.147.214.14
    jeanlove jeanlove@freundin.ru 43.134.14.212
    FerminPilgrim fermin.pilgrim2844@me-and-u.org.uk 178.239.175.54
    202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 202:1810:427:300:75:46:3:81 120.40.130.70
    bo.r.i.s1.98.0.secenov bo.r.i.s1.98.0.secenov@gmail.com 188.126.94.221
    RachelleZeal7 rachelle.zeal@eastloud.com 23.81.229.33
    PennyCody808558 introduce@celticin.site 196.51.204.175
    202:420:241:294:09:22:94: 202:420:241:294:09:22:94: 120.40.130.70
    mbqlrmsb mbqlrmsb@streetwormail.com 185.174.156.120
    zzaro4ka zzaro4ka@starpostbox.com 57.129.24.84
    NorrisRobichaud norris.robichaud@regularemail.shop 156.249.137.95
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    rebecca.stelzner rebecca.stelzner@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    Ulrike7686 introduce@celticin.site 154.30.213.149
    Roger59O14336 rogerkeen@muralbythesea.co.uk 89.37.66.145
    FosterParson foster.parson@emailinbox.store 156.248.80.53
    akela.evans7 akela.evans7@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristyDeluna40 christy.deluna@haitianfoodie.com 192.198.108.250
    RichardManny faklhune@maillv.com 146.70.181.228
    ThadW9204507378 thadcarron-6523@greatemails.online 156.228.100.234
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    MaddisonSmerd2 strip@celticin.site 196.51.204.159
    sweetsoutherncomfortgirl sweetsoutherncomfortgirl@gmail.com (empty)
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    JennyBatten70 thurmanmertz7173@23.8.dnsabr.com 186.179.35.121
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    MaricruzCmo sylvesterpatnode@spambog.com 171.225.192.120
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    proffree proffree@uniquemailx.com 57.129.24.169
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    JonelleMccallist kerstinmckinnon@freundin.ru 171.225.192.120
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