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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 - 2 Feb 2026 3:17 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,961
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    wsy2chumr78 wsy2chumr78@nestmailbox.com 104.22.20.179
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    VernWallen vernwallen27@list.cdfaq.com 196.242.178.166
    202:1810:9521:100:5016:4:715:141 202:1810:9521:100:5016:4:715:141 120.40.130.70
    KyleFindley9 sarahwilson3698g6rl@welcometotijuana.com 196.51.15.57
    MinervaGuthrie dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 196.242.178.219
    markhennessy27 markhennessy27@talk.muzaco.com 172.71.158.68
    KazukoMerewether myrtleleila@solstris.com 196.242.195.151
    ReggieBergstrom gilpoli2004@web.de 77.246.99.200
    MarianaHurst05 danieldezago@web.de 77.246.99.200
    RandalNicoll315 randalnicoll84@wild.ehomu.com 196.240.143.48
    202:3100:674:600:1924::73:302 202:3100:674:600:1924::73:302 120.40.130.70
    YaniraStonehouse yanirastonehouse13@panel.cdfaq.com 107.175.152.81
    pe.t.rt.at.a.r.sky.ho.m.e.wo.rk.1.9.8.7.220.5 pe.t.rt.at.a.r.sky.ho.m.e.wo.rk.1.9.8.7.220.5@gmai 45.91.22.75
    ag.ge.t.8.5.hov.ar.d ag.ge.t.8.5.hov.ar.d@gmail.com 84.239.47.143
    Forestbeips brittanycross400@gmail.com 46.246.122.70
    TerrellChau terrellchau70@scene.muzaco.com 196.242.114.242
    TrevorCoppleson trevor.coppleson@emailzoneonline.shop 200.10.41.150
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Miles46223 leonreva@solstris.com 102.165.55.227
    a.gg.et85.h.ova.rd a.gg.et85.h.ova.rd@gmail.com 149.40.50.3
    sponsorship sponsorship@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Melva41P408909 melvahawthorne84@scene.muzaco.com 196.242.195.231
    ErnestineWhittak ernestinewhittaker4192@play-fortuna-tyo.top 72.56.146.202
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    SherleneGoulet6 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 23.95.81.225
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    thedastutchbury7554 thedastutchbury7554@discard.email 172.69.23.193
    FranklinHeadley franklinheadley32@self.ehomu.com 23.95.81.38
    josephgonzalez948150voj josephgonzalez948150voj@seoautomationpro.com 104.22.17.126
    MylesBillington juliennedakota@solstris.com 196.242.178.139
    202:03:85:601:876:76:759:00 202:03:85:601:876:76:759:00 120.40.130.70
    MosesKincade desjardins@uraplive.com 45.249.59.151
    triciawearne90 triciawearne90@33e9.rshrthertherth.net 162.158.167.201
    BraydenSlaughter leonreva@solstris.com 196.240.254.14
    britneyferraro britneyferraro@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.201
    ElishaMaclean elishamaclean36@tutu.estabbi.com 128.199.116.219
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    CharlesPinto kelliamber@solstris.com 191.101.114.209
    floydbicheno floydbicheno@mailmenot.io 172.69.23.194
    email email@felectrique.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    chongcrews3686 chongcrews3686@freundin.ru 172.71.158.69
    202:44:372:0:121:403:07:256 202:44:372:0:121:403:07:256 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    maynardpeebles30 maynardpeebles30@role.cdfaq.com 104.22.20.179
    VanThomas2478 janbeatriz@solstris.com 191.96.95.242
    Infraredocw skb3302@gmail.com 98.175.31.222
    202:1810:941:900:12:65:351:446 202:1810:941:900:12:65:351:446 120.40.130.70
    JulietLeung68 juliennedakota@solstris.com 223.29.254.74
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lasstekader1981 lasstekader1981@op.pl 77.239.125.36
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    u003eokr.team u003eokr.team@sngular.com 31.44.59.224
    gdpr gdpr@harcosemco.com 37.115.189.95
    frdraac frdraac@tk.xwwei.com 188.166.79.103
    hairesax hairesax@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mickibendrodt62 mickibendrodt62@simo.dravix.org 23.95.161.85
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KeithNewell0 keithnewell43@river.muzaco.com 196.242.195.231
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cyrilcraven58 cyrilcraven58@lomitar.juxal.org 172.71.154.178
    theodore theodore@astroaxis.online 158.173.156.143
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    sponsorship sponsorship@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    joanleblanc4711 joanleblanc4711@minhanhvpn.com 138.229.96.80
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    vonniebirch6 vonniebirch6@talk.muzaco.com 172.71.158.69
    NickiMedworth44 nickimedworth12@self.ehomu.com 196.240.143.182
    pijiri-coru88 pijiri-coru88@mail.encorejeune.cloud 104.22.20.179
    BelleCunningham bellecunningham36@last.muzaco.com 191.101.92.39
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70