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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 Feb 2026 6:37 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,397
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ArielGww1036 arielrandall32@river.muzaco.com 196.240.143.35
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    richardwilson7331z02p richardwilson7331z02p@gsasearchengineranker.com 192.126.177.41
    veriflesprivat veriflesprivat@konstruksituntas.com 104.22.20.179
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FlorWhiteman885 flor-flor5@lucivu.fckmail.online 45.3.34.249
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    NannetteTimmerma davidmph.smithuyu675@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    RuthChampagne ruthchampagne90@self.ehomu.com 191.96.95.132
    majormckenny majormckenny@wamail.web.id 104.22.17.127
    jessicaamies jessicaamies@anonmails.de 46.8.16.185
    5.363.sgs.n.dg 5.363.sgs.n.dg@gmail.com 162.158.167.36
    stephaniadecicco8984 stephaniadecicco8984@gmailot.com 104.22.17.126
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 195.2.67.184
    MaisieThwaites elizabethueq.millerkzy61@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    KerstinKolios kerstinkolios24@river.muzaco.com 196.240.254.144
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 162.158.167.35
    GudrunWentworth elizabethueq.millerkzy61@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    riinata-osippova riinata-osippova@bk.ru 172.69.134.210
    OfeliaLeavens38 jamesvqs.thomasbve25@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    Whitney7310 davidmph.smithuyu675@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    joannegrimshaw23 joannegrimshaw23@greenrose18.funny3delements.com 172.69.23.194
    Sheldon08V susanrqb.martinmjc114@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    FranklinKuntz1 josephwyd.robinsonjeb578@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
    JadaI01186541243 jadabiddell55@broad.ehomu.com 191.101.92.39
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    carymilligan499 carymilligan499@mailmenot.io 89.46.158.56
    joi joi@quantumnest.lat 172.71.154.179
    stantonsladen stantonsladen@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    carltonkinder45 carltonkinder45@drda29.dynainbox.com 104.22.20.179
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DemetraCamacho demetracamacho20@among.ehomu.com 191.101.250.199
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::496 2001:410:601:1100::496 120.40.130.70
    brennanwalker1453 brennanwalker1453@uiscape.com 104.22.17.126
    2001:410:601:1100::496 2001:410:601:1100::496 120.40.130.70
    angelinehouck angelinehouck@anonmails.de 162.158.167.35
    jonahdenison27 jonahdenison27@last.muzaco.com 162.158.167.35
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:404:200::7893 2001:410:404:200::7893 120.40.130.70
    neil.mccauley1098 neil.mccauley1098@plutomail.web.id 172.71.158.69
    IYHTheo9275047 stellagibson@leantechy.xyz 196.51.249.66
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    IngeWhitaker619 thomasthomas2896tyyi@budgetthailandtravel.com 38.154.54.16
    DelorisCottle8 charlesthomas4716qysy@gsasearchengineranker.com 23.236.243.90
    nemir.72 nemir.72@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
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    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    trenaackman-3936 trenaackman-3936@imhotester.forum 188.130.128.137
    avidyandextz avidyandextz@126.com 174.136.204.40
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    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    crystlenies crystlenies@anonmails.de 64.190.76.2
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dylan-veiga dylan-veiga@themanlythings.com 167.160.74.107
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    spencerstoltzfus spencerstoltzfus@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.134.211
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    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KristeenAnnunzia lindalhz.robinsonsto946@gmx.com 135.136.0.73
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