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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 Sep 2026 11:35 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,141
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    nkvvyddbhst nkvvyddbhst@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    DwainMcgrew dwaindwain8@keyafi.topgun.fit 193.151.190.17
    fabianduesbury209 fabianduesbury209@mailcatch.com 154.201.74.75
    tabppvyexKt tabppvyexKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    absrkjiasmn absrkjiasmn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    h.i.su.noro.710 h.i.su.noro.710@gmail.com 185.220.101.4
    h.i.su.noro.710 h.i.su.noro.710@gmail.com 185.220.100.254
    h.i.su.noro.710 h.i.su.noro.710@gmail.com 185.220.100.240
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    potwsstxmka potwsstxmka@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    h.i.su.noro.710 h.i.su.noro.710@gmail.com 185.246.188.149
    iwstndircmr iwstndircmr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    aiylimehpmn aiylimehpmn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    bock bock@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    tkachenko-51p1f tkachenko-51p1f@rambler.ru 172.69.23.183
    richardnpaulinecampbell richardnpaulinecampbell@hotmail.com (empty)
    vkfqaprrzOa vkfqaprrzOa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    bram.adams bram.adams@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    h.i.su.noro.710 h.i.su.noro.710@gmail.com 185.220.101.13
    inpttfwnwst inpttfwnwst@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    rjocmjaammn rjocmjaammn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    weocijoilKl weocijoilKl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    wihtnllqeOa wihtnllqeOa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bympnvtejOa bympnvtejOa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 172.71.178.106
    203:000:4400:93:1:0:64:00 203:000:4400:93:1:0:64:00 120.40.130.70
    raphael.beamonte raphael.beamonte@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    vzgaqufremr vzgaqufremr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    barrymilliner9304 barrymilliner9304@anonmails.de 104.22.17.78
    gdojlioiyst gdojlioiyst@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    travis-kaplan travis-kaplan@vegaj.com 167.160.78.177
    imvtwozoqKt imvtwozoqKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    melcaporello-waterfield melcaporello-waterfield@vegaj.com 130.254.112.15
    yamistlarmki yamistlarmki@mail.ru 172.71.241.68
    BrennaI717239835 alliesima@veauly.com 102.165.54.226
    lvvkulucimr lvvkulucimr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    HoustonGoldfinch beauclarita@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    goupxcjormr goupxcjormr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    nhjqrgtdxmn nhjqrgtdxmn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    martin.vegiard martin.vegiard@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    jvkqqvnlmKl jvkqqvnlmKl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    colleenbruni84 colleenbruni84@vipcherry.com 183.197.56.227
    RhysMora63137 vickeymarylou@veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    patrick.diehl patrick.diehl@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AngelinaRapp25 wmalisia@veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    mikel.brehm31 mikel.brehm31@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.143
    ElliottTindale patriciataylor66744hg2@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 198.20.170.207
    fgbcbtrzlmn fgbcbtrzlmn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    2406:240:319:10:578:5:1:8 2406:240:319:10:578:5:1:8 120.40.130.70
    eowzpcerlst eowzpcerlst@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    VenusFra5 xcptuegd@elegantclockwork.com 95.164.201.148
    cforsythe cforsythe@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    nykmnhxceKt nykmnhxceKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    kimberly.lee kimberly.lee@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    mesdonneespersonnelles.laposte mesdonneespersonnelles.laposte@laposte.fr 120.40.130.70
    ajtwrvcwrKt ajtwrvcwrKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    alberto.garcia alberto.garcia@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    calvuaglpKt calvuaglpKt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    weldonditter weldonditter@bd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.143
    zhviumwvust zhviumwvust@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    plathrop plathrop@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    mholton mholton@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    ehartill ehartill@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70
    donald.martin donald.martin@salesforce.com 120.40.130.70