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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 - 14 Sep 2026 8:40 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,579
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    info info@esteban.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    MichaleBledsoe6 steventaylor2411con3@gsaserbuilder.xyz 152.232.217.211
    JessicaLopresti tammykatrina@veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    MyrnaDrescher frankristofer@veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    GaryHudspeth36 gary-gary@hixibu.pokemonica.online 64.49.39.17
    LornaMacCarthy anthonywilliams4971u0bl@d.blog-stuff.com 38.154.186.64
    SylviaBlakey4 issackandi@veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    DelilahSchweitze alexrosalie@veauly.com 177.234.143.137
    FranciscoX55 marianakieran@veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    Bryan02S80360 frankristofer@veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    AngelicaMacleod charlesmartin698rrt@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 66.63.178.122
    czak133 czak133@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    TheresaMcDavid2 theresa.theresa87@vimeno.randomxyz.life 193.142.38.165
    nemontrepka nemontrepka@mail.ru 104.22.17.79
    git git@git.step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    KennethHelbig35 karenjones2173oayy@a.bestvpsfor.xyz 66.63.176.120
    LuciaThwaites lucia.lucia@yefari.topless.mom 199.96.166.140
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DURGYROOROUNC DURGYROOROUNC@daqb.info 78.143.238.187
    TeresitaHarricks marisakorey@veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    VeroniqueSauceda veroniqueveronique@jefuci.randomxyz.life 194.180.236.117
    poexelke poexelke@mail.ru 172.71.99.63
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    Robertidoms robertsmith15@partnersucheseite.de 194.62.105.193
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jan-citti-bardin jan-citti-bardin@healthypplevery.org 104.22.20.56
    qopemmett emmett.buchanan1451@articl.biz 31.25.238.47
    isabella.suttor isabella.suttor@be02.emailma.store 162.158.167.144
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lepage lepage@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LamontF353422293 wbarefiban8qx5r95@nestmailbox.com 217.217.243.123
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    resmiq resmiq@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    legua legua@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    faye.wyant faye.wyant@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.23.184
    DonnieDsw6457513 christopherjones7110gitb@c.gsavps.xyz 198.20.178.88
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    willardbohner2373 willardbohner2373@asia.dnsabr.com 79.127.134.97
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zrrdjsbfeKr zrrdjsbfeKr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    KevinDurkin kevinkevin5@heyoci.sabo.bar 83.97.119.69
    virgielindsley virgielindsley@anonmails.de 196.16.5.181
    chuclouse82 chuclouse82@jailbreakps5.com 174.44.175.132
    louannmacqueen2 louannmacqueen2@jailbreakps5.com 174.44.175.132
    git git@gitlab.lava.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    CeciliaMintz nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 102.165.55.131
    kutoxiueeKr kutoxiueeKr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    cege cege@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    xmbbhyiprPt xmbbhyiprPt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    clee clee@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    yekgbbkbwsn yekgbbkbwsn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    qixldlmevsn qixldlmevsn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    ceggeo ceggeo@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    banniere banniere@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    comic comic@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70