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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 - 24 Jan 2026 2:47 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,277
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    alexgramp4110 alexgramp4110@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    EloyMoffitt4 maryjohnson5916fkpo@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.132.94
    fine.jutta fine.jutta@t-online.de 162.158.167.122
    denancla denancla@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    chureau chureau@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p.et.rt.a.t.ars.k.yh.o.m.e.w.ork.1.98.72.205 p.et.rt.a.t.ars.k.yh.o.m.e.w.ork.1.98.72.205@gmail 45.91.22.40
    archiehartz2335 archiehartz2335@1secmail.com 104.22.17.127
    bois bois@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    trusted-identity-login-services-group trusted-identity-login-services-group@uber.com 120.40.130.70
    robertgarcia2517q0jc robertgarcia2517q0jc@verifiedlinklist.com 162.158.167.121
    educ educ@cegl.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    RobbinCarranza robbincarranza91@art.fanficforum.com 204.44.76.155
    CheriBurge98662 cheriburge@art.fanficforum.com 204.44.76.155
    Rodrigo6789 josephgarcia559jk08@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 141.164.86.57
    LynellBrumfield lynell-lynell@garifu.geemail.cc 216.26.235.226
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    CynthiaStuckey cynthiastuckey@art.fanficforum.com 155.94.190.238
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aisacswift1734 aisacswift@hotmail.com 133.18.234.13
    aaa aaa@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BrentonY85 wpriommovelecnr75@nestmailbox.com 196.51.36.198
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    PatRuth228 patruth66@art.fanficforum.com 206.220.175.2
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    meredithkeisler7 meredithkeisler7@tusu.blyxen.org 104.22.17.126
    JudithSingleton judithsingleton@cer.scoldly.com 104.129.39.250
    Krista30X44 kristakrista@lotoka.nmail.work 209.50.174.180
    eleanorkleiman eleanorkleiman@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 202.93.153.246
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CedricRonan wakvilejucer75@nestmailbox.com 216.158.192.93
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ThereseGreenleaf frederickspradling73@mailmenot.io 45.39.73.28
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    romain.couderc romain.couderc@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    CesarDollar6509 cesardollar15@delka.yoshisad.com 23.226.137.222
    SalChiles80 salchiles37@delka.yoshisad.com 192.252.211.197
    JulietFaison50 junkodwayne@solstris.com 196.240.254.10
    treyfarley10 treyfarley10@self.ehomu.com 172.71.154.178
    EstherMcgrew298 esther.mcgrew@starda-mission.top 72.56.147.6
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    1eser 1eser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2a1a 2a1a@service.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    memarb memarb@pop3.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    corpnet-tech corpnet-tech@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Anne02N7240415 annestillman64@vory.foodforhat.com 199.102.104.70
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    corpnet-admin corpnet-admin@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    corpnet-abuse corpnet-abuse@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    MCYEdwin6462 edwinogilvy98@feed.cdfaq.com 191.96.95.46
    karryreis karryreis@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.154.178
    valerakimuvo valerakimuvo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    SebastianHasan9 latoyamoor4012@anonmails.de 45.39.75.122
    TeraPascal wiburod6r76@nestmailbox.com 108.62.124.34
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ardenstopford83 ardenstopford83@past.pettin.com 104.22.17.126
    KayleeFbq7 wpetretic05r75@nestmailbox.com 67.215.252.109
    GabrielaLoftus gabrielaloftus83@river.muzaco.com 102.165.55.114
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Cinda552584342 wseeraumner75@nestmailbox.com 45.33.156.35
    BradyMoberg702 info@vente-businessweb-ia.fr 90.126.227.5