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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 - 15 May 2026 10:17 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,218
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    WinnieMoroney duqjecbj@sabesmail.com 154.196.91.236
    tristatyson5071 tristatyson5071@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.143
    jacquieweaver25 jacquieweaver25@beer.pettin.com 162.158.167.134
    VWCBenjamin nidabowler9090@adult-work.info 95.177.87.10
    beake888875 beake888875@onelettersmail.com 23.230.100.254
    TedR85173569668 kieranmartinez1626@a.seoautomationpro.com 92.118.41.77
    Jane02Y473736550 roseanneclemente956@anonmails.de 185.149.23.239
    meinirslavko meinirslavko@tozo.top 172.71.154.179
    ReinaLarocque6 josefaflynn@anonmails.de 212.115.49.41
    survey.ops survey.ops@dir-online.com 120.40.130.70
    flamingo9457018 flamingo9457018@aminating.com 120.40.130.70
    czqvelqx czqvelqx@bekommenmail.com 185.255.126.36
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    dmitry-kuznetsov dmitry-kuznetsov@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    latashabowles3950 latashabowles3950@bb28.dev 172.71.154.178
    music-any music-any@snkmail.com 2600:1011:171:59:2:789:5:309
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cheryleroman cheryleroman@anonmails.de 172.71.158.69
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ilya-belov ilya-belov@casinotds.xyz 149.202.84.95
    Frank36E2789 frankwinters60@fiber.pettin.com 154.16.69.58
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    luisapattison42 luisapattison42@tute.rixyle.com 172.71.158.69
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JeffereyCb jefferey.preciado1914@jozzcasino.xyz 192.186.191.205
    FrancisUtema voroninbogdanqv2659@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    DinoHartwick ramonitanicastro@mailcatch.com 45.117.63.159
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 172.69.134.85
    kristopher-shick19 kristopher-shick19@support.51tiemo.com 162.158.167.133
    no.reply.MiguelAndersson no.reply.MiguelAndersson@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    loriealonzo loriealonzo@pw.epac.to 162.158.167.134
    DonnaOkx13 jamestaylor2377ayvx@d.welcometotijuana.com 92.118.41.45
    merlin.hopson48 merlin.hopson48@10dd.rshrthertherth.net 147.92.52.181
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    estelapratten-3967 estelapratten-3967@funnyaussiesigns.com 104.234.73.92
    RachaelFullerton joannereynell@anonmails.de 45.139.177.93
    tameradobbs3626 tameradobbs3626@0815.ru 172.71.154.179
    rhyshacking rhyshacking@hypezone.top 72.56.157.195
    ivan.zaitsev ivan.zaitsev@casinotds.xyz 172.69.23.194
    enared50 enared50@madeiratravelnews.com 138.59.204.98
    JohnMace286703 karenanderson9782639p@e.welcometotijuana.com 192.198.100.203
    MargieTan983 margietan96@toy.pettin.com 154.16.69.81
    priscilla-pilkington27 priscilla-pilkington27@heartvistanow.com 104.22.20.142
    btxtmrcnoi btxtmrcnoi@rambler.ru 79.127.175.69
    d-thiedke d-thiedke@t-online.de 172.69.23.194
    ArletteHodgkinso blaircalvin@anonmails.de 188.130.184.239
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yanick.cyr yanick.cyr@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    evietolmie evietolmie@tichxanhabc.com 172.71.154.179
    nidiahughey nidiahughey@hidebox.org 172.71.154.178
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    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rubyerubye rubyerubye@cazexa.wisecook.xyz 172.71.158.69
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