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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 May 2026 4:35 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,167
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    jamierodd67 jamierodd67@estrella.elyquin.org 161.0.1.82
    valerakimuvo valerakimuvo@mail.ru 172.69.23.47
    rodolfocrespin rodolfocrespin@realpurerange.com 104.22.17.56
    1fveeejukiol 1fveeejukiol@anonmails.de 45.3.50.174
    stapuntril1990 stapuntril1990@mail.ru 172.69.23.47
    202:020:55:977:405:4731:9:6528 202:020:55:977:405:4731:9:6528 120.40.130.70
    altynay.abdievaschuetz altynay.abdievaschuetz@unifr.ch 120.40.130.70
    BrandiSadler98 adzrzv83px7@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 84.54.44.19
    RollandPartridge wo401938qlk@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250
    BrodieMcKe brodiemckelvy@linkalexis4d.com 154.16.69.133
    202:1810:9526:700:8::1:384 202:1810:9526:700:8::1:384 120.40.130.70
    terica.novak terica.novak@azizaryb.ru 120.40.130.70
    e.t.u.x.i.x.epe.vi.6.78 e.t.u.x.i.x.epe.vi.6.78@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lavernemathis7684 lavernemathis7684@cheapwinner.com 162.158.167.69
    bettina.huerlimann-kaup bettina.huerlimann-kaup@unifr.ch 120.40.130.70
    Camille6049 camilleeden33@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.114
    lcxfckoqmq lcxfckoqmq@rambler.ru 79.127.175.17
    jens.radmacher jens.radmacher@t-online.de 172.71.154.61
    202:2788:1084:79:895:205:19:32 202:2788:1084:79:895:205:19:32 120.40.130.70
    HenryRischbieth henryrischbieth73@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.21
    Claudio40F claudioclaudio58@jipata.shinemail.cc 45.80.107.237
    margaretacoane9047 margaretacoane9047@anonmails.de 45.139.177.93
    international-scholarship international-scholarship@unifr.ch 120.40.130.70
    seth.zylstra seth.zylstra@onepureedge.com 172.69.134.55
    202:1810:80:800:99:3494:1582:0 202:1810:80:800:99:3494:1582:0 120.40.130.70
    sale sale@dimrot.ru 120.40.130.70
    WKZLeona53541 shantaedusty@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    safetygreece safetygreece@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    hr hr@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    ir ir@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    mishaborisovxl7832 mishaborisovxl7832@rambler.ru 209.127.8.237
    li.w.e.ik.o46.3 li.w.e.ik.o46.3@gmail.com 104.22.17.144
    BudLunceford537 budlunceford79@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.56
    rodney.pelter rodney.pelter@azizaryb.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:03:864:6200:653:7:991:672 202:03:864:6200:653:7:991:672 120.40.130.70
    dd dd@aiitem.net 75.127.13.68
    international international@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    mishasergeevfq3737 mishasergeevfq3737@rambler.ru 152.232.66.169
    etdeslay etdeslay@gismail.online 109.248.143.85
    businessdevelopment businessdevelopment@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    samuelhok zrrwnzt69@buymail.lol 178.54.174.61
    CindaNewbigin susanrodriguez9500a8cq@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 92.118.41.190
    researchdevelopment researchdevelopment@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    stasburifu stasburifu@mail.ru 172.71.158.196
    RileyT28243 rileysulman@rti.relucius.com 196.51.57.125
    jeroldwigington8614 jeroldwigington8614@puxa.top 172.71.155.154
    larg larg@largeheart.ru 104.22.17.145
    KimberleyMatthae kimberleymatthaei4@only.veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    tim.rey tim.rey@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    BetseyY96800379 betseybenner@booi777glory.top 72.56.159.215
    cv cv@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    partenaires partenaires@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    resmiq resmiq@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 172.69.135.17
    charlesmartinez5135m75d charlesmartinez5135m75d@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.135.18
    info info@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    tresorier tresorier@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    IsidraIgq805389 isidracrum5@only.veauly.com 196.198.13.152
    jerrodbiddell40 jerrodbiddell40@enarix.nexanta.eu 104.22.20.26
    ernasteffen7064 ernasteffen7064@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.69.135.17
    Sammie0133 dessiecarla@solstris.com 154.16.69.81
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    anneholdsworth.7998 anneholdsworth.7998@bob163.godadida.com 162.158.167.157
    dpo dpo@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    communications communications@lavipharm.com 120.40.130.70
    stabox stabox@rj9.so-net.ne.jp 111.216.62.75