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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 - 2 Feb 2026 2:40 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,913
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    frdraac frdraac@tk.xwwei.com 188.166.79.103
    KSPRiley2900513 marydavis7481w209@verifiedlinklist.com 107.172.4.202
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    hairesax hairesax@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cyrilcraven58 cyrilcraven58@lomitar.juxal.org 172.71.154.178
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    theodore theodore@astroaxis.online 158.173.156.143
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KeithNewell0 keithnewell43@river.muzaco.com 196.242.195.231
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    SPCValeria valeriaradecki51@scene.muzaco.com 102.165.55.195
    vonniebirch6 vonniebirch6@talk.muzaco.com 172.71.158.69
    sponsorship sponsorship@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    joanleblanc4711 joanleblanc4711@minhanhvpn.com 138.229.96.80
    NickiMedworth44 nickimedworth12@self.ehomu.com 196.240.143.182
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pijiri-coru88 pijiri-coru88@mail.encorejeune.cloud 104.22.20.179
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    foot foot@azmk.fun 212.115.49.4
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BelleCunningham bellecunningham36@last.muzaco.com 191.101.92.39
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    wfinuccidnr78 wfinuccidnr78@nestmailbox.com 67.215.252.109
    ShielaCorwin shiela-corwin8@33ff.tgvc.xyz 192.198.115.122
    sur-cadres sur-cadres@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    hollyweigel19 hollyweigel19@broad.ehomu.com 162.158.167.202
    s.h.akil.h.ossa.i.n1512 s.h.akil.h.ossa.i.n1512@gmail.com 104.22.17.127
    temeka.giachi temeka.giachi@healthypplevery.org 147.53.114.44
    LucretiaAlmond lucretiaalmond@3c5b.tgvc.xyz 192.198.115.99
    alex.torrence alex.torrence@gamil.com 120.40.130.70
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    julianngoldstein6051 julianngoldstein6051@freundin.ru 45.132.194.8
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    magi-repec-request magi-repec-request@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    MayraPhifer50 mayraphifer91@mode.ehomu.com 191.96.252.83
    aluists aluists@163.com 201.222.53.102
    EpifaniaShanahan epifaniashanahan7@among.ehomu.com 196.242.195.206
    benedicte.tolikoli benedicte.tolikoli@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    Lorri11B002 lorribarnes48@seat.muzaco.com 191.96.95.36
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:538:00:2257:832:952:9 202:1810:538:00:2257:832:952:9 120.40.130.70
    contact contact@de-de.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    info info@pt-br.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:26:05:75:2 202:8108:8125:100:26:05:75:2 120.40.130.70
    pal-marcell.rencsik pal-marcell.rencsik@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    yvesgildemeister yvesgildemeister@gamil.com 120.40.130.70
    in in@business.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    ydxnwa9pwyxz ydxnwa9pwyxz@mailbox.in.ua 120.40.130.70
    Raymundo61S raymundomello86@river.muzaco.com 196.240.254.144
    andrekleiber andrekleiber@kodeholik.site 172.69.23.194
    MalcolmButters7 malcolmbutters72@just.cdfaq.com 191.96.252.202
    link88 link88@93rus.myjino.ru 172.69.134.210
    62.244.233.123 62.244.233.123 31.44.59.224
    odilija odilija@net.hr 188.252.216.177
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nicolas.legland nicolas.legland@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nathand nathand@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    ckennelly ckennelly@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    bwann bwann@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    https https@graph.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    bcci.brasil bcci.brasil@star.c10r.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    michael141057 michael141057@belettersmail.com 85.209.177.182
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ayuntamientos.zaragoza ayuntamientos.zaragoza@dgt.es 120.40.130.70
    m4rkuus m4rkuus@chat.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    codeblock codeblock@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    gregbell73 gregbell73@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    thomas.hildmann.3 thomas.hildmann.3@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    jscinoz jscinoz@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    alexandersalas alexandersalas@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    james.hawkwind james.hawkwind@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    uid uid@graph.facebook.com 120.40.130.70