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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 6:46 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,356
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    SharynMcGowan11 jamesdavis9704i4mm@e.welcometotijuana.com 198.20.181.168
    2001:0:441:98:295:903:9585:39 2001:0:441:98:295:903:9585:39 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4370:9:066:94:6:4 2001:0:4370:9:066:94:6:4 120.40.130.70
    trustone12 trustone12@blogwebsite.top 104.22.20.84
    2001:0:5341:3:2843:847:825:417 2001:0:5341:3:2843:847:825:417 120.40.130.70
    qy0458 qy0458@163.com 141.11.146.73
    GeraldDer vitya-kondratev-1969@inbox.ru 167.99.124.118
    AlmaWalthall stevenwilliams7104zq1@d.blog-stuff.com 104.140.210.64
    204:441:200:70::190:870 204:441:200:70::190:870 120.40.130.70
    mrrayterry1205 mrrayterry1205@iservmail.com 104.22.20.84
    uztlhpet uztlhpet@tubermail.com 120.40.130.70
    aloganivanov4613 aloganivanov@vip.163.com 159.65.245.255
    bal bal@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    woodbpurne1983 woodbpurne1983@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    commandites commandites@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    activites activites@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BrodieFawcett8 brodiefawcett90@wild.ehomu.com 196.242.178.237
    Eloy57A96446 lindawilson8356usz6@c.resorts-in-asia.com 104.140.210.58
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    bernard bernard@vlsi.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ElveraSxm0 sarahthomas467pb4@c.mustdoindubai.com 198.20.181.167
    bois bois@vlsi.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    TorySimos244935 lindaanderson28214y1o@c.resorts-in-asia.com 198.20.178.17
    halliealden9249 halliealden9249@mailmenot.io 103.15.94.7
    audet audet@vlsi.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ForrestQuintero andrewgarcia538eqmk@a.blog-stuff.com 198.20.174.157
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    MarleneClow kieranito73741@a.seoautomationpro.com 198.245.67.252
    Regena0754 regena-reddall50@cc.openbillieholiday.click 69.58.91.3
    te.fur.a.d6.54 te.fur.a.d6.54@gmail.com 195.208.91.25
    2003::70:300:904:6897:268:33 2003::70:300:904:6897:268:33 120.40.130.70
    lolita-getz lolita-getz@bbkmail.com 162.158.167.126
    204:441:200:076::925:076 204:441:200:076::925:076 120.40.130.70
    u003eaep u003eaep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DaltonGreaves daltongreaves2@issue.mxdood.com 196.51.177.164
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JustinaAwad43 justina-awad@guidance.billieholidayhubs.click 142.147.104.124
    accueil accueil@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    stellaarsenault stellaarsenault@hotbird.giize.com 172.71.158.197
    Kurosawa pengsy21@m.fudan.edu.cn 172.18.0.2
    HeribertoNilsen heribertonilsen86@cool.muzaco.com 191.96.252.53
    Carmon02N637 carmonsymon5@wild.ehomu.com 181.215.16.91
    arut.g.94 arut.g.94@mail.ru 128.71.218.214
    202:1810:432:500:7:563:4676:231 202:1810:432:500:7:563:4676:231 120.40.130.70
    info info@elikos.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aaa aaa@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    otto otto@b.wirelesschargers.xyz 104.219.236.127
    mosesmale mosesmale@tempr.email 172.69.22.144
    gigl-candidats gigl-candidats@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DaniloJeffrey20 matthewbrown9681kfcc@b.pattaya-mega.com 198.245.67.233
    magi-repec-request magi-repec-request@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    his970 his970@exwa.org 165.231.98.94
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    madelainemacy81 madelainemacy81@estrella.elyquin.org 104.22.20.84
    AlexanderFerraro wlumine03r75@nestmailbox.com 196.51.36.83
    HermineLease patriciarodriguez1424cpp6@c.welcometotijuana.com 198.20.178.16
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    h.an.z5.3.905 h.an.z5.3.905@gmail.com 92.119.36.128
    denancla denancla@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    slotryqrzz margaretadebernales1@discard.email 107.175.149.64
    pontdacier pontdacier@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    h.an.z5.3.905 h.an.z5.3.905@gmail.com 92.119.36.141
    202:1810:53:000:1809:11:333:76 202:1810:53:000:1809:11:333:76 120.40.130.70
    dolly-andre2069 dolly-andre2069@ultimateemailstorage.shop 107.175.90.248
    DamarisLocke damarislocke72@panel.cdfaq.com 196.244.48.2
    giana giana@b.roofvent.mom 39.104.201.40
    stellaarsenault stellaarsenault@hotbird.giize.com 172.71.154.190
    SueBoyette0235 sueboyette@guidance.billieholidayhubs.click 158.62.210.82
    zorina zorina@d.bangkokremovals.net 156.241.212.208
    twilaboothe twilaboothe@ea42.wefixsofteners.com 172.69.22.144
    AmeeGroves465 ameegroves86@cool.muzaco.com 181.215.16.135
    carinapointer2911 carinapointer2911@1mail.x24hr.com 172.71.154.191
    ShaunKcg30703760 rustywintle@b.cr.cloudns.asia 147.53.122.122
    TaraR7301676944 candyquintero2988@discardmail.com 138.229.99.225
    contact contact@dt.net.tr 120.40.130.70
    LeomaCostas59 jamesclarke35961ypjr@c.seoautomationpro.com 173.232.119.96
    altug.ceylan altug.ceylan@dt.net.tr 120.40.130.70
    HollisRefshauge danielaeales9215@pw.epac.to 20.187.35.223