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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 Jan 2026 10:42 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,702
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    arieltot arieltot@homeworkcourseworkhelps.com 104.22.17.126
    devindeluca8697 devindeluca8697@1secmail.com 104.22.20.178
    chloeschmidt18449 chloeschmidt18449@c.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.129.132
    202:1812:51:800:1914:16:19:7 202:1812:51:800:1914:16:19:7 120.40.130.70
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    WZDClair54639 clairmarquis3@self.ehomu.com 191.96.95.38
    202:1812:51:800:1914:16:19:7 202:1812:51:800:1914:16:19:7 120.40.130.70
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    alisgoogletz alisgoogletz@163.com 109.248.167.155
    zajamesmarley zajamesmarley@163.com 109.248.167.155
    uhirfsnz uhirfsnz@tubermail.com 104.22.17.126
    opensource opensource@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    hdoiqusao hdoiqusao@mirdostavki74.ru 109.248.167.155
    202:8108:8125:100:530:9:19:4030 202:8108:8125:100:530:9:19:4030 120.40.130.70
    LawerenceBordelo lawerencebordelon86@thus.ehomu.com 196.244.48.2
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    NicholFulmer4 nicholfulmer91@wild.ehomu.com 196.242.195.205
    eloy-reginald9983 eloy-reginald9983@otakuhub.xyz 172.71.158.167
    Winston5729 winstonrieger13@cleanmaids.nyc 173.234.151.141
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bennettstoltz bennettstoltz@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 162.158.167.44
    202:1810:0:100:9027:3:1: 202:1810:0:100:9027:3:1: 120.40.130.70
    russelldiamond1937 russelldiamond1937@salpingomyu.ru 120.40.130.70
    samuelharville1991 samuelharville1991@salpingomyu.ru 120.40.130.70
    daisycallinan daisycallinan@1mail.x24hr.com 104.22.17.127
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Anthony finalpgmbh1983@gmail.com 185.250.39.241
    zxmdqukh zxmdqukh@fringmail.com 104.22.20.178
    202:459:961:0:06:930:300:8 202:459:961:0:06:930:300:8 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:15:945:142:18 202:8108:8125:100:15:945:142:18 120.40.130.70
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8641:001:680:67:057:9 202:03:8641:001:680:67:057:9 120.40.130.70
    gregbalderas87 gregbalderas87@tusu.blyxen.org 172.71.158.167
    epifaniayazzie2297 epifaniayazzie2297@best-yurist-moscow.store 109.196.172.178
    romain.couderc romain.couderc@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    OctaviaHargreave octaviahargreaves@admiralx-juj.top 72.56.158.194
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:44:7:0:49:56:62:654 202:44:7:0:49:56:62:654 120.40.130.70
    mwan.am.ak.e.r.8.0 mwan.am.ak.e.r.8.0@gmail.com 107.189.13.253
    HamishSchonell hamishschonell89@cold.muzaco.com 196.242.20.162
    hosekrobin10 hosekrobin10@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    BettyeTildesley bettyetildesley79@last.muzaco.com 102.165.55.91
    202:1810:9524:900:5898:890:2:320 202:1810:9524:900:5898:890:2:320 120.40.130.70
    JerrellRios jameswilliams2173xabs@c.travel-e-store.com 196.51.52.150
    ErnestinaBroadwa ernestinabroadway96@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.109.81
    lorilori18 lorilori18@dijeto.freecam.info 64.49.37.119
    DustinHirst2637 dustin.hirst@admiralx-juj.top 72.56.156.116
    KatharinaR34 katharinapaschke62@mobilecarwash.nyc 162.212.173.238
    alain.genty alain.genty@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    2003:1:33:554:245:69:79:38 2003:1:33:554:245:69:79:38 120.40.130.70
    a.lucan a.lucan@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    christal.glasgow christal.glasgow@feedback.51tiemo.com 154.82.150.233
    roxana.bezdedeanu roxana.bezdedeanu@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    GayAiston076 gayaiston@admiralx-juj.top 72.56.153.144
    livia.stoica livia.stoica@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    Jefferyineve odubimolenu79@gmail.com 31.173.86.205
    202:1810:129:3400:5520:222:43:59 202:1810:129:3400:5520:222:43:59 120.40.130.70
    juliannedriscoll2 juliannedriscoll2@support.51tiemo.com 172.69.134.210
    TammiPiazza tammi.piazza8292@admiralx-juj.top 72.56.155.147
    dougriordan8873 dougriordan8873@pomoshch-yurista44.store 172.71.154.179
    212:800:2:1:45:141:215:227 212:800:2:1:45:141:215:227 120.40.130.70
    info info@monsternotebook.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    chasstrouse8529 chasstrouse8529@adult-work.info 172.69.23.192
    ninfo ninfo@monsternotebook.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    r.y.a.n.whi.t.e.54.76.3.4 r.y.a.n.whi.t.e.54.76.3.4@gmail.com 216.24.212.27
    christian.sgodzay-kersken christian.sgodzay-kersken@gisa.de 120.40.130.70
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