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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 - 17 Jan 2026 7:41 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,011
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    sth30 sth30@blogwebsite.top 172.71.158.166
    verifgas verifgas@konstruksituntas.com 172.71.154.178
    KarineN774012532 karinetolbert35@last.muzaco.com 196.242.178.156
    bal bal@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    externe externe@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    commandites commandites@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Debona.Marcia2018 Debona.Marcia2018@yandex.com 120.40.130.70
    j28.5.6.99.8 j28.5.6.99.8@gmail.com 173.239.214.236
    SteveGrimwade19 shantaedusty@solstris.com 102.165.55.78
    l.i.nks89.m.ast l.i.nks89.m.ast@gmail.com 89.105.199.147
    kathringambrel kathringambrel@digitalcourier.xyz 45.3.49.129
    ethelherrera ethelherrera@bookies.click 104.22.17.126
    accueil accueil@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    comic comic@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aep aep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    aaa aaa@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    heriberto.pilkington56 heriberto.pilkington56@digitalmailservice.xyz 216.26.237.95
    fredricwink1073 fredricwink1073@11jac.com 172.69.134.211
    sammy.ponder38 sammy.ponder38@81d9.scalesurge.io 172.71.158.166
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    directeur directeur@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ educ@cegl.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    externe externe@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    directeur directeur@cegl.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nanaceba1983 nanaceba1983@mailopenz.com 172.69.23.69
    MerryStrangways merrystrangways61@thus.ehomu.com 191.96.95.237
    MichaelWilliams michaelswills2022@gmail.com 31.171.152.136
    brycebradbury4270 brycebradbury4270@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.210
    email email@felectrique.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    denancla denancla@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cy.u.j.j.mbh. cy.u.j.j.mbh.@gmail.com 104.22.20.179
    Debona.marcia2018 Debona.marcia2018@protonmail.com 120.40.130.70
    erikmartinovich12 erikmartinovich12@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.51
    AmberForlonge4 amberforlonge84@issue.mxdood.com 173.234.59.183
    chureau chureau@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    CIZBlanca7 blancakingston86@self.ehomu.com 154.16.20.187
    pontdacier pontdacier@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Vortexlca sandyyounger@edinarealty.com 72.195.34.60
    bois bois@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JessicaPomeroy9 jessicapomeroy84@just.cdfaq.com 191.96.95.106
    directeur directeur@cegl.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ educ@cegl.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    d778c020a6e547079414d2dccfe75f8e.protect d778c020a6e547079414d2dccfe75f8e.protect@withheldf 120.40.130.70
    ocltkrcvbea ocltkrcvbea@sport-novosti-2.ru 172.69.23.70
    debona.Marcia2018 debona.Marcia2018@yandex.com 120.40.130.70
    LeiaSligo975 leiasligo74@wild.ehomu.com 191.96.95.46
    memarb memarb@pop3.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    debona.Marcia2018 debona.Marcia2018@protonmail.com 120.40.130.70
    bois bois@vlsi.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ck2 ck2@hal3210.anss54.mxlayer.top 120.40.130.70
    victorattso3498 victorattso@yahoo.com 138.68.235.51
    audet audet@vlsi.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    links.89.mas.t links.89.mas.t@gmail.com 104.22.20.179
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ashleigh-solberg-5129 ashleigh-solberg-5129@bookies.click 162.158.167.44
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    thomaslopez2579rh6f thomaslopez2579rh6f@d.blog-stuff.com 196.51.135.189
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70