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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 - 22 Jan 2026 11:16 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,620
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    WillisRuilk martakalinina84@mail.ru 154.17.228.122
    ameliaduncombe ameliaduncombe@deajeng.store 172.69.134.211
    ElmaHzl98316 wteissl9jr75@nestmailbox.com 104.223.126.132
    WernerJansen62 werner-jansen65@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.170.81
    KassieNeill1068 kassie-neill121@pomoshch-yurista53.store 85.142.47.196
    zanapittz3894 zanapittz@hotmail.com 154.17.228.122
    kylatexaxd7497 kylatexaxd@yahoo.com 154.17.228.122
    VetaBoren950425 veta-boren26@support.51tiemo.com 45.206.72.118
    KirbyCresk brandonfusaro@gmail.com 31.173.87.14
    memarb memarb@pop3.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Olimp e.s.i.bef.e.r.u.w.5.91@gmail.com 188.130.220.34
    t.ops.vr.po.r.n..c.om t.ops.vr.po.r.n..c.om@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    MichaelAcank jivenfresh@aol.com 31.173.83.179
    CharlesAgoke woodbpurne1983@mail.ru 154.17.228.122
    AndreaBegum wcc0658541jr76@nestmailbox.com 192.157.58.235
    accueil accueil@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    knprzfLiWCnOTBuncBjQbC tfish72042@yahoo.com 37.48.70.156
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    comic comic@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    alain.hebert alain.hebert@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KamRounds4708 wwongsp7hr76@nestmailbox.com 38.154.68.255
    u003eaep u003eaep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lindamartinez3758opep lindamartinez3758opep@a.verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.134.210
    JosephDrilk danleyshank21@yahoo.com 94.25.173.243
    DavidSwimi john.lehr@yahoo.com 31.173.82.178
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    anonymous anonymous@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p101317 p101317@bireli.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jcohen jcohen@django.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p101317 p101317@joplin.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Edwardlieve invest.zen@gmail.com 31.173.87.14
    TimothyMaf tanujajasti2@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    AbigailLindeman abigaillindeman@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.247.160.124
    p101317 p101317@abbey.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jcohen jcohen@davis.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Chester2940 chesterarchie95@support.51tiemo.com 45.206.73.24
    KGWMona207 mona.badgett@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.150.55
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    OrvilleDominguez wrulfingenpkr76@nestmailbox.com 45.33.145.44
    directeur directeur@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    warrenspode warrenspode@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.178
    Josephjoync kinjadove@msn.com 31.173.84.16
    christoperbobb30 christoperbobb30@firano.ivolix.org 172.71.158.68
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JeffreyDem kinjadove@msn.com 31.173.87.98
    paulinamilano81 paulinamilano81@sisa.ylixo.com 162.244.147.87
    JoesphPex jivenfresh@aol.com 31.173.87.14
    NicolasTyhog megan.lesko@hotmail.com 178.176.75.118
    aprep aprep@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    RobertBup deerfearme90@yahoo.com 31.173.87.98
    externe externe@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    TimothyMaf sarahjanebrown@gmail.com 37.139.53.230
    AliciaScrivener wteissl9jr75@nestmailbox.com 192.241.121.41
    Malorie4920 maloriecadwallader616@cazino777-portal.com 72.56.147.121
    Louievaw Chimenewright@gmail.com 31.173.80.73
    externe externe@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    sep sep@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    harry.metz harry.metz@t-online.de 104.22.20.178
    kim.lefebvre kim.lefebvre@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    leslibenjamin2551 leslibenjamin2551@spambog.ru 104.22.20.179
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Marcusprili brandonfusaro@gmail.com 178.176.75.118
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    directeur directeur@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70