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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 - 17 Jan 2026 5:12 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,708
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ElissaEtienne5 isabellakelly81353@a.seoautomationpro.com 198.177.252.24
    CraigKuester23 craigkuester37@last.muzaco.com 191.101.109.83
    tu tu@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    guy guy@king.email 2605:590:20:610:14:95::42
    SamualTalley933 samualtalley93@lower.ehomu.com 191.96.95.38
    to.m49.nill.a.n to.m49.nill.a.n@gmail.com 84.239.12.9
    gxwdxgorcoi gxwdxgorcoi@sport-novosti-2.ru 162.158.167.44
    finingmbh finingmbh@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    markdavis3759xtgh markdavis3759xtgh@a.verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.17.126
    softdenbasub1984 softdenbasub1984@mailopenz.com 172.69.23.70
    hqlufqwrzen hqlufqwrzen@sport-novosti-2.ru 172.69.23.70
    samuel.j.spector samuel.j.spector@gmail.com 2600:4041:5532:100:1564:998:655:426
    bourses bourses@iet.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    xpxofgkcnmt xpxofgkcnmt@sport-novosti-2.ru 172.69.134.211
    DouglasCespedes douglascespedes@xplayfortuna-rewardhub.com 72.56.147.138
    stephanie.shinfriedrich stephanie.shinfriedrich@target.com 120.40.130.70
    owunudnn owunudnn@firstmailler.com 162.158.167.43
    2003:2:19:49:175:4:16:2 2003:2:19:49:175:4:16:2 120.40.130.70
    KaleyS82989306 wgjestfrif5r76@nestmailbox.com 216.158.192.80
    2003:2:19:49:2397:89:7:377 2003:2:19:49:2397:89:7:377 120.40.130.70
    MarianKnatchbull iirtkkyq@bientotmail.com 144.124.252.114
    2001:106:100:500:110:8295:5822:2 2001:106:100:500:110:8295:5822:2 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2003:2:19:49:175:4:16:2 2003:2:19:49:175:4:16:2 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aaa aaa@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    LMPRex12262 iirtkkyq@bientotmail.com 144.124.252.114
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:440:7:0:40:19:27:614 202:440:7:0:40:19:27:614 120.40.130.70
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pontdacier pontdacier@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mo24 mo24@blogwebsite.top 172.71.154.178
    info333 info333@usileniessylok.store 172.71.154.179
    TwilaEverett829 iirtkkyq@bientotmail.com 144.124.252.114
    bryan-dagostino59 bryan-dagostino59@181d.scalesurge.io 195.138.121.164
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    karlyn karlyn@awsome-gadgets.com 192.252.209.158
    Normandkak yourmail344@gmail.com 31.6.17.130
    logic2006 logic2006@yandex.ru 79.139.253.42
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AlfredoSchulte0 arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.242.178.156
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    1eser 1eser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    romain.couderc romain.couderc@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    me.lissa1.2.9.09.9 me.lissa1.2.9.09.9@gmail.com 92.119.36.56
    BiancaGuess1720 juliennedakota@solstris.com 191.96.95.171
    MindaTjw021921 mindamcgowen91@thus.ehomu.com 191.96.95.38
    RoscoeMaltby61 roscoemaltby99@self.ehomu.com 196.240.38.157
    info info@strictlydigital.net 120.40.130.70
    176.31.139.27 176.31.139.27 31.44.59.224
    elveradalgety97 elveradalgety97@panel.cdfaq.com 172.69.34.176
    2001:0:5242:20:47:5034:59:27 2001:0:5242:20:47:5034:59:27 120.40.130.70
    Cedric5201 cedricmullawirraburka6@seat.muzaco.com 196.244.48.48
    omadell omadell@anonmails.de 172.71.158.166
    jenniferthomas6709b3cs jenniferthomas6709b3cs@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.20.179
    izetta-wynne3825 izetta-wynne3825@news21.top 104.22.20.179
    info531 info531@usileniessylok.store 77.83.148.186
    MelbaSerisier17 lurette@e.astroarch.online 196.51.126.74
    vern.bown8567 vern.bown8567@otakuinsights.xyz 196.240.143.96
    ErnestoLemann keeshablum9884@mailmenot.io 74.50.107.102
    ErnestineCato ernestine-cato2326@yurist-razdel-imushchestva11.st 85.142.45.20
    DawnaBarela60 josephmiller3609fqeo@budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.177.164
    emersonbidencope4430 emersonbidencope4430@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.23.70
    LupeDonohoe2628 lupedonohoe.366@yurist-razdel-imushchestva11.store 46.150.246.16
    SanoraPqe58195 sanoraschulte@yurist-razdel-imushchestva11.store 46.150.247.199
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    EMEDorthy5946099 britneyferraro@mailmenot.io 213.255.194.64
    LashayWhetsel faydra@l.quantumnest.lat 196.51.126.74
    Anthonylop mr.bumbaster81@gmail.com 146.103.114.94
    EMEDorthy5946099 britneyferraro@mailmenot.io 178.171.117.157
    2001:162:05:207:216::503:379 2001:162:05:207:216::503:379 120.40.130.70
    EMEDorthy5946099 britneyferraro@mailmenot.io 88.214.2.4
    Ervin95I1616503 ervin.ervin@fovimo.carport.mom 104.207.45.143