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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 - 11 Jun 2026 11:52 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,625
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    hwabarker4289 hwabarker4289@discard.email 172.71.154.179
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    janie-janie20 janie-janie20@gavike.roofmail.world 172.71.154.178
    202:1810:423:100::7187:4:6164 202:1810:423:100::7187:4:6164 120.40.130.70
    201:340:83:8668:9938:7:5400:198 201:340:83:8668:9938:7:5400:198 120.40.130.70
    andrewanderson5375bj8 andrewanderson5375bj8@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.159.81
    lmeaucrt lmeaucrt@legenmail.com 172.69.134.85
    obcheatl obcheatl@legenmail.com 185.255.126.77
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:412:00:23:37:7:31 202:1810:412:00:23:37:7:31 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    integration-test-osint-mvp integration-test-osint-mvp@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:418:1500:09:4291:80:5639 202:1810:418:1500:09:4291:80:5639 120.40.130.70
    support.inscription.lbylclpro support.inscription.lbylclpro@lcl.fr 120.40.130.70
    alinesynder8506 alinesynder8506@trashmailr.com 172.71.154.179
    Annett4221 susanmartinez7604trpd@c.blog-stuff.com 196.51.121.37
    202:1810:423:100::7187:4:6164 202:1810:423:100::7187:4:6164 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    WilliamBoorp hartmut.timm@t-online.de 109.70.100.15
    NydiaBadcoe7623 nydia.badcoe8869@baupo.pl 196.198.13.70
    terrencehearn terrencehearn@anonmails.de 109.248.166.148
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    ToddCreer12783 brookgowing9460@ggvendas.store 154.201.74.75
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    sarahmoore116749so sarahmoore116749so@a.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.118.145
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    anthonygonzalez7009reky anthonygonzalez7009reky@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.134.84
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    ManuelaGrattan8 manuelagrattan97@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    john.smith john.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    Britt howardbrittanie4@gmail.com 207.212.63.66
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:488:800:829:734:4411: 2001:100:488:800:829:734:4411: 120.40.130.70
    sallyberenice sallyberenice@veauly.com 172.71.154.179
    olivier.21 olivier.21@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 185.184.68.80
    john.smith john.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    AjaFitzsimmons aja.fitzsimmons1537@grumm.pl 165.231.98.17
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    lien.clayton lien.clayton@megaposty.com. 186.243.178.153
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    network network@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    AnnmarieZ82 annmarie-bellingshausen.4649@baupo.pl 102.165.52.18
    brudolph brudolph@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    jedwards jedwards@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    anthonywilson839175a1 anthonywilson839175a1@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 23.236.244.129
    louella.louella louella.louella@tibavi.pantzer.space 104.22.20.142
    gc.chamberydgfipfinances gc.chamberydgfipfinances@hotmail.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    GrettaCordova95 grettacordova63@nor.mxdood.com 144.48.52.235
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    202:46:42:0:457:6:889:504 202:46:42:0:457:6:889:504 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70