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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 - 21 May 2026 7:18 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,196
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    TedYanez3519 tedyanez99@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.165
    t.a.ve.o.n..b.ern.ar.d.200.1 t.a.ve.o.n..b.ern.ar.d.200.1@gmail.com 203.159.90.15
    sergey.novikov1 sergey.novikov1@casinotds.xyz 172.69.23.194
    sharonmatthies sharonmatthies@gmailot.com 172.69.134.84
    opheliapavy opheliapavy@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.194
    jeanettedaecher9379 jeanettedaecher9379@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    Riley64X37 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.198.13.205
    iybrzxzv iybrzxzv@bonjourfmail.com 172.69.23.193
    RoxannaLongmore roxannalongmore69@panel.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.175
    petra.petra44 petra.petra44@kuzaga.supermail.space 162.158.167.134
    mostbetmobile zoz.a.y.uq.a.fob80@gmail.com 188.130.128.253
    mosesrosenhain.6694 mosesrosenhain.6694@cheapwinner.com 103.216.117.118
    amaleta amaleta@awsome-gadgets.com 78.142.18.172
    RonCabrera1 admin10@stonethaispa.site 103.240.99.165
    ChristianSanborn christiansanborn25@pound.milkgg.com 23.95.204.251
    raymonbatista raymonbatista@hidebox.org 104.22.20.142
    HerbertL70 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 144.48.52.235
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    benniebeor benniebeor@hotbird.giize.com 104.22.17.126
    EYJGus3774 gusdevanny52@fast.veauly.com 103.221.232.171
    KeenanOdriscoll keenan.keenan27@pabifo.commumail.xyz 185.77.223.87
    yukiko.mclain8 yukiko.mclain8@beachhouse.click 172.71.154.178
    mikhail.leonov mikhail.leonov@lamoda.ru 120.40.130.70
    plataforma-interoperabilidad plataforma-interoperabilidad@agetic.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ZackH23325456 wangels1287sbr88@nestmailbox.com 72.57.65.3
    sergey.klinovenko sergey.klinovenko@lamoda.ru 120.40.130.70
    pavel.finkelshteyn pavel.finkelshteyn@lamoda.ru 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    rinat.shigapov rinat.shigapov@lamoda.ru 120.40.130.70
    grants grants@iet.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bourses bourses@iet.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    dbarra dbarra@agetic.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    terrellparkhill79 terrellparkhill79@list.cdfaq.com 172.69.134.84
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    HeidiPaltridge7 myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.196.254.36
    nickilonergan1461 nickilonergan1461@sada-sd.cc 172.69.134.84
    joshuawilson3652hk29 joshuawilson3652hk29@a.resorts-in-asia.com 152.89.128.108
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    git git@git.step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyparty polyparty@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    foireauxlivres foireauxlivres@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DarcyBrigstocke darcybrigstocke96@put.pettin.com 196.196.254.113
    lepub lepub@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyphoto polyphoto@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ares1018 ares1018@hotmai.com 120.40.130.70
    polydanse polydanse@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyjam polyjam@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    01995656417395 wqiuytevhb@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    showdelarentree showdelarentree@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polysphere polysphere@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    comptabilite comptabilite@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    josefinajudkins5420 josefinajudkins5420@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    poly-air poly-air@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gala-implication gala-implication@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    secretariat secretariat@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lorenza-stull lorenza-stull@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.79
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    montagne montagne@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JudeMcfadden5 dessiecarla@solstris.com 191.101.92.9
    tresorerie tresorerie@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bono bono@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bock bock@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    rush rush@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70