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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 - 18 Jan 2026 10:35 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,081
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AuroraMcCullers hortensepeyton5031@anonmails.de 45.89.73.236
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    elizabethtaylor695zfnv elizabethtaylor695zfnv@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 162.158.167.43
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    omar omar@h4cker.org 120.40.130.70
    activites activites@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bal bal@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    memarb memarb@pop3.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    RhondaBeard7 alvinmelocco4512@anonmails.de 193.32.155.93
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    rpop-test48 rpop-test48@lingpoultco.ga 101.47.16.15
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    allicia.desilva-didier allicia.desilva-didier@utt.edu.tt 120.40.130.70
    DoyleU41276000 erwingrant752@anonmails.de 45.89.72.192
    rpop-test46 rpop-test46@lingpoultco.ga 62.133.62.12
    aep aep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    u003eaep u003eaep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    info info@elikos.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    matheusalmeida matheusalmeida@globmail.com.br 120.40.130.70
    darbydeniehy darbydeniehy@deajeng.store 172.69.134.210
    CarmelaRossetti stewartstickler@anonmails.de 193.32.152.235
    giselebatt giselebatt@officecombine.com 172.71.154.178
    comic comic@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    suporte.divida suporte.divida@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    suporte.registro suporte.registro@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    igor.rascovsky igor.rascovsky@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    contato contato@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    dpo dpo@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    condo condo@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    suporte.pagamento suporte.pagamento@cashme.com.br 120.40.130.70
    maybellbarton maybellbarton@timminsgoldminetour.com 162.158.167.43
    addieeddington addieeddington@discard.email 172.69.134.211
    lavinafaber lavinafaber@t.woeishyang.com 154.201.74.75
    darylarcher75 darylarcher75@estrella.elyquin.org 103.197.169.4
    LatishaMault587 davidsmith85652tvs@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 151.245.177.27
    nhtgmvylnKt nhtgmvylnKt@sport-novosti-2.ru 172.71.158.166
    2814793003 2814793003@tmomail.net 45.86.19.179
    annis-nathan annis-nathan@biznesonlajn360.store 172.71.158.167
    ynes ynes@quantumnest.lat 104.22.20.178
    JonCorley12 cathleenkeaton4672@zooms.pro 178.175.140.221
    shauncherry shauncherry@181d.scalesurge.io 172.69.134.210
    lyndamcelroy1919 lyndamcelroy1919@fringmail.com 172.69.134.211
    paulahelmer10 paulahelmer10@self.ehomu.com 162.158.167.44
    EldonMoultrie82 tangelapelsaert8663@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 70.49.171.65
    TAECornelius triciahouchins@zooms.pro 178.175.140.221
    shermanstonham2584 shermanstonham2584@adult-work.info 107.150.65.97
    kay011231 kay011231@163.com 103.172.183.82
    tiacorbould tiacorbould@hohohim.com 101.255.32.40
    ConnorAyers connor.ayers@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 196.196.254.158
    HeatherLeddy005 heather.leddy.2788@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.245.161.9
    Antwan68Z237 markjones1314jw6l@b.welcometotijuana.com 103.16.215.203
    blairjeffries blairjeffries@letstalk.thetravellersrest.click 191.101.110.90
    minnashiels9506 minnashiels9506@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.158.167
    directeur directeur@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JanisCmw4570247 janiscamarillo@professionalemailintray.shop 104.168.123.2
    externe externe@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BennyHopson4447 benny-hopson-2026@emailzoneonline.shop 75.127.5.109
    andrewbrown7311njly andrewbrown7311njly@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.20.178
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    trustone18 trustone18@blogwebsite.top 94.103.189.9
    qi269468 qi269468@163.com 123.147.249.144
    JFPVeola25 veolabermingham3562@emailportal.site 200.10.41.73
    graceful.hummingbird.qjnz graceful.hummingbird.qjnz@protectsmail.net 104.22.17.126
    mitzi.upjohn mitzi.upjohn@admiralx777spins.top 72.56.144.157
    scarlett.vancouver scarlett.vancouver@admiralx777spins.top 72.56.159.106
    2401:4900:8840::16:47:444:73 2401:4900:8840::16:47:444:73 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    7135175166 7135175166@tmomail.net 191.102.187.195