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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 - 16 May 2026 10:11 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,403
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ma.r.t.a.s.p.e.ll.ow.da ma.r.t.a.s.p.e.ll.ow.da@gmail.com (empty)
    yuriorlov yuriorlov@casinotds.xyz 104.22.20.142
    202:03:8:1200:00:0::357 202:03:8:1200:00:0::357 120.40.130.70
    nadinecervantes50 nadinecervantes50@support.51tiemo.com 172.69.135.13
    zanedrechsler4793 zanedrechsler4793@fintechistanbul.net 172.71.158.68
    windtentaigran1984 windtentaigran1984@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.142
    202:3100:596:900:829:0:836:2 202:3100:596:900:829:0:836:2 120.40.130.70
    Edwards donaldedwardsegapiser@clumsysnake.org 139.162.57.237
    2600:1004:221:532:70:36:894:4400 2600:1004:221:532:70:36:894:4400 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:1200:00:0::357 202:03:8:1200:00:0::357 120.40.130.70
    virgie-virgie virgie-virgie@xapeju.greenweed.sbs 162.158.167.134
    DexterBaltes46 richardthomas7751o1uo@b.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.7.34
    2gerehnujuuuik 2gerehnujuuuik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:1200:00:0::357 202:03:8:1200:00:0::357 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:1200:795:15:1731:34 202:03:8:1200:795:15:1731:34 120.40.130.70
    graphics graphics@displaystar.com 120.40.130.70
    customerservice customerservice@displaystar.com 120.40.130.70
    jamesjackson58w3s7 jamesjackson58w3s7@gsasearchengineranker.support 196.51.84.244
    202:1808::41:66:5:9177:5 202:1808::41:66:5:9177:5 120.40.130.70
    AimeeDoe0195593 nydiatipper3600@htmail.store 199.116.112.3
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    orders orders@displaystar.com 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AlexanderLee alexander.lee.aruoisab@clumsysnake.org 132.145.183.153
    AlbertinaSheffie nydiatipper3600@htmail.store 199.102.106.94
    Chelsey27W chelseycarlin37@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.247
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    alexandre.montplaisir alexandre.montplaisir@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martin.vegiard martin.vegiard@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    yanick.cyr yanick.cyr@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    yannick.brosseau yannick.brosseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    raphael.beamonte raphael.beamonte@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KlausBurges00 klausburges40@tutu.estabbi.com 45.33.145.179
    202:03:8:1200:795:15:1731:34 202:03:8:1200:795:15:1731:34 120.40.130.70
    naveen.goswamy naveen.goswamy@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lionel.valero lionel.valero@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    patrick.diehl patrick.diehl@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:918:9200:758:7327::588 202:1810:918:9200:758:7327::588 120.40.130.70
    francois.rajotte francois.rajotte@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:11:000:889:097:8:55 202:1810:11:000:889:097:8:55 120.40.130.70
    david.montminy david.montminy@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bram.adams bram.adams@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    louveniasmerd louveniasmerd@clubnikagames777login.top 172.69.135.13
    jose.fernandez jose.fernandez@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    RPLShelley shelleyher19@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    rolland.delorme rolland.delorme@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    patrick.mahoney patrick.mahoney@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    simon.marchi simon.marchi@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aurelien.pierre aurelien.pierre@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    erwann.traourouder erwann.traourouder@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:03:85:9000:0:89:6169:7827 202:03:85:9000:0:89:6169:7827 120.40.130.70
    tammy-timmons61 tammy-timmons61@fixrightplumbers.com 107.172.52.243
    ellenhewlett99 ellenhewlett99@only.veauly.com 172.69.22.86
    202:03:85:9000:0:89:6169:7827 202:03:85:9000:0:89:6169:7827 120.40.130.70
    tracieleckie40 tracieleckie40@quickreply.51tiemo.com 104.22.17.126
    202:1810:40:5100:112:84:05:241 202:1810:40:5100:112:84:05:241 120.40.130.70
    ignaciokrauss6331 ignaciokrauss6331@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.142
    202:020:3:529:4529:3:5584:6942 202:020:3:529:4529:3:5584:6942 120.40.130.70
    202:03:822:00:79:1:724:602 202:03:822:00:79:1:724:602 120.40.130.70
    AyseDogan pereira.perfectestimation@gmail.com 208.168.253.250
    202:447:4:0:198:6:47:72 202:447:4:0:198:6:47:72 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:40:100:424:2:949:642 202:1810:40:100:424:2:949:642 120.40.130.70
    royce-mcgarry62 royce-mcgarry62@onepureedge.com 172.69.22.86
    swissmiss stephanierose.gartmann@gmail.com 71.244.194.190
    Larrylon cuduwagom291@gmail.com 178.176.79.170
    202:1810:40:100:424:2:949:642 202:1810:40:100:424:2:949:642 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:40:100:424:2:949:642 202:1810:40:100:424:2:949:642 120.40.130.70
    mh.pl.rekawowa.gastrektomia.turcja mh.pl.rekawowa.gastrektomia.turcja@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.178