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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 - 14 May 2026 9:45 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,289
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AdaGates6999 ada.ada40@daxoco.krvamail.my 64.49.39.23
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    donaldbrown9097oesl donaldbrown9097oesl@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    bock bock@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pat.wimberly64 pat.wimberly64@support.51tiemo.com 104.22.17.126
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    stephan-burch27 stephan-burch27@heartvistanow.com 172.71.158.69
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    donaldbrown9097oesl donaldbrown9097oesl@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    maxineduterrau9809 maxineduterrau9809@freundin.ru 104.22.17.126
    sylvain.lefebvre sylvain.lefebvre@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-ser si-ser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kxvjfvbihg kxvjfvbihg@rambler.ru 79.127.175.17
    moodle moodle@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    atrqdgyzno atrqdgyzno@rambler.ru 79.127.175.17
    mitchelhaar2013 mitchelhaar2013@hyperventilfml.com 172.71.158.69
    TiffanyCordeaux tiffanycordeaux84@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.212
    j.u.s.t4d.ummi.e.sgu.i.d.e j.u.s.t4d.ummi.e.sgu.i.d.e@gmail.com 172.71.158.69
    valerijvasilevqs2928 valerijvasilevqs2928@rambler.ru 152.232.74.69
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DenisVillarreal ivanway3708@linksparkclick.com 91.94.6.30
    oweqrbmo oweqrbmo@bethcampbell.biz 172.71.154.178
    samuelhok nphloym30@buymail.lol 178.54.174.61
    petrgusevda8416 petrgusevda8416@rambler.ru 138.219.123.41
    ju.s.t4.dumm.i.e.s.guid.e ju.s.t4.dumm.i.e.s.guid.e@gmail.com 162.158.167.133
    Ronda362038 rondapolglaze17@issue.mxdood.com 206.214.82.194
    williams851 williams851@eurovip.club 181.177.86.105
    kazuko.herrmann kazuko.herrmann@7473.thomasin.online 172.69.134.83
    c.l.i.ni.cf.o.r.hi.m3.50 c.l.i.ni.cf.o.r.hi.m3.50@gmail.com 172.69.134.83
    Darnell98F reginalittlejohn2920@koes.justdied.com 185.94.192.220
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Samuelgus amamafapoxu49@gmail.com 172.70.46.162
    helix helix@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    wolf wolf@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bernie bernie@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ldd ldd@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    montagne montagne@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bono bono@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mash mash@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kai.e.o.hansen kai.e.o.hansen@gmail.com 107.190.27.50
    kevin kevin@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:308:2501:86:25:29:526
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:67:01:84:6:56:79
    kai.e.o.hansen kai.e.o.hansen@gmail.com 209.161.252.131
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:157:01:151:158:793:924
    coyote coyote@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:308:2501:4:643:4:9785
    kai.e.o.hansen kai.e.o.hansen@gmail.com 107.190.27.203
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 81.31.115.234
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 200:23:2518:790:507:66:86:6854
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:157:01:302:825:150:755
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:157:01:3:6069:40:252
    YongHollingswort flossiemadison1029@stecuste.cyou 46.113.2.31
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 80.176.151.214
    rodney.pelter rodney.pelter@azizaryb.ru 104.22.17.126
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:308:2501:49:66:4238:55
    josephmartin884imrg josephmartin884imrg@seoautomationpro.online 192.126.206.223
    michu972 michu972@wp.pl 20:40:157:01:84:098:0:2
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Tourh6.edison Tourh6.edison@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    qazxcfr qazxcfr@konsultaciya-yurista-msk01.store 120.40.130.70
    stephane.dubois1 stephane.dubois1@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    topone75 topone75@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    crrifvvouSt crrifvvouSt@divier.ru 120.40.130.70
    pyshgtbcuSt pyshgtbcuSt@divier.ru 120.40.130.70
    mkuesihweSt mkuesihweSt@divier.ru 120.40.130.70