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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 - 13 Sep 2026 7:19 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,541
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    mikkiwoodson68 mikkiwoodson68@use.usewisetransfer.click 172.64.217.4
    carmelostoate carmelostoate@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 104.22.17.79
    SonyaKuhn18135 nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    password password@duke.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:404:100::1421 2001:410:404:100::1421 120.40.130.70
    javid45 asjariy.m45@gmail.com 65.49.38.138
    git git@data.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jean-marc.frayret jean-marc.frayret@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    service.informatique service.informatique@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    futur futur@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Josephturne lin.k.s8.9ma.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.128
    voiturevoiturevoiturevoiture voiturevoiturevoiturevoiture@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    cherifierro26 cherifierro26@tapo.ylixo.com 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p122326 p122326@ge.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    paulmoore874jbg6 paulmoore874jbg6@gsasearchengineranker.support 104.22.20.57
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    AliGilfillan21 hilariomckie4789@koes.justdied.com 81.19.208.94
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    2600:1012:39:669:88:21:208:1795 2600:1012:39:669:88:21:208:1795 120.40.130.70
    kencissell3163 kencissell3163@pecinan.net 172.71.159.82
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kseniyakobuci kseniyakobuci@mail.ru 172.71.99.63
    dora dora@amy.alexander.pop3node.digital 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jcohen jcohen@django.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p101317 p101317@abbey.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jcohen jcohen@davis.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    heunenru heunenru@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    l.i.n.ks8.9.m.a.s.t. l.i.n.ks8.9.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    p101317 p101317@bireli.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    imogen.primeaux imogen.primeaux@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.82
    BJRLily5576670 richardbrown328mrri@c.welcometotijuana.com 107.172.55.117
    p101317 p101317@joplin.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p101317 p101317@rosenberg.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    shana-shana73 shana-shana73@sicuma.wisecook.xyz 162.158.167.144
    li.n.k.s89.m.ast li.n.k.s89.m.ast@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
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    8440 8440@farironalds.com 172.71.159.82
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