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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 - 22 Jan 2026 12:17 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,912
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    bal bal@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    commandites commandites@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Marylyn28Q abbietunstall@mailmenot.io 192.198.122.1
    ShellaPolley717 shellashella48@hifoyo.goodmail.world 193.56.28.232
    WilbertCroft473 wziqedwe9lr75@nestmailbox.com 64.188.5.45
    educ educ@cegl.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Kassie3435 kassieaguayo17@self.ehomu.com 223.29.254.194
    ieowKluWydznQxcOTl carolina.arroyo@auxis.com 109.70.100.10
    HarryR666319 harryservice60@emgh.scarbour.com 203.172.89.68
    HenryS8472646 alycecarrasco8209@mailmenot.io 192.198.115.85
    PhilomenaYfi tedtia@solstris.com 102.165.55.178
    WillisEisenberg williseisenberg7637@ramenbetofficial777.top 72.56.147.4
    FreemanMarcotte carolyne@meteormind.store 23.236.253.104
    contact contact@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
    officebet officebet@ak.gy 162.158.167.44
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    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KandisWekey10 mayasanchez2069e9t0@b.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.135.189
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    hungnt hungnt@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
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    trungtv trungtv@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
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    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    phuongnth phuongnth@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
    advantage advantage@safaricom.co.ke 120.40.130.70
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    datpd datpd@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
    z.amok.p.etr.ov.s.k.y2.0.2.3 z.amok.p.etr.ov.s.k.y2.0.2.3@gmail.com 194.32.122.9
    vp vp@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nguyetnt nguyetnt@soict.hust.edu.vn 120.40.130.70
    edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado edinaldo.moraes.terceirizado@sigaantenado.com.br 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mobileoffice mobileoffice@safaricom.co.ke 120.40.130.70
    XBMVal6113685735 freefree37@blogwebsite.top 111.92.184.226
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    heka heka@astp.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    leonieleonie59 leonieleonie59@sozote.pretoria.pro 104.207.33.117
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lhviizqsyMl lhviizqsyMl@sport-novosti-2.ru 172.69.134.210
    directeur directeur@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ZellaSheehy0153 elizabethgarcia245h1ep@d.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.129.173
    customercare customercare@safaricom.co.ke 120.40.130.70
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    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
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    JoyBrenan748 freefree37@blogwebsite.top 188.119.114.162
    LucianaDuval1 barbarathomas1807wbee@a.verifiedlinklist.com 80.65.222.194
    externe externe@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    kodreamifo1974 kodreamifo1974@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.178
    EulaLawyer64566 hazel.sanchez2002@gmx.com 185.213.245.250
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
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    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    trustone1 trustone1@blogwebsite.top 193.58.104.206
    pontdacier pontdacier@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DelphiaAln delphiadearing12@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.55.178
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JarrodLindgren8 hung@orbitaloffer.online 23.236.253.104
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    1eser 1eser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BobHildebrant bob.hildebrant7941@cryptoboss023.site 72.56.146.98
    latonyakopp latonyakopp@support.51tiemo.com 154.82.150.155