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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 - 5 Feb 2026 2:54 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,072
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    slsur slsur@hawaii.rr.com 166.196.68.77
    slsur slsur@hawaii.rr.com 72.253.202.24
    m.el.is.s.a1290.99. m.el.is.s.a1290.99.@gmail.com 216.24.212.80
    Jovita0815 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.242.114.55
    slsur slsur@hawaii.rr.com 2600:387:15:13::8
    slsur slsur@hawaii.rr.com 76.88.169.181
    zhtdlhwg zhtdlhwg@eblanomail.com 80.80.195.150
    louisokane5624 louisokane5624@b.cr.cloudns.asia 62.115.229.52
    robertanderson80841t40 robertanderson80841t40@gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.20.178
    barbarabrown2589pyc0 barbarabrown2589pyc0@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 104.223.4.80
    202:810:121:1600:547:82:8079:319 202:810:121:1600:547:82:8079:319 120.40.130.70
    brittney-schenk-8595 brittney-schenk-8595@unlimclub-battle.top 104.22.20.178
    susanmartinez926z3zu susanmartinez926z3zu@a.pattaya-mega.com 104.223.4.166
    202:1810:1417:6300:606:23:8832:743 202:1810:1417:6300:606:23:8832:743 120.40.130.70
    m.ensc.lin.ic60 m.ensc.lin.ic60@gmail.com 104.22.20.179
    202:03:87:700:731:813:45:249 202:03:87:700:731:813:45:249 120.40.130.70
    francescokluge3371 francescokluge3371@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 104.22.20.179
    reyes-reber51 reyes-reber51@support.51tiemo.com 85.254.30.220
    bernicevaldes8781 bernicevaldes8781@mailmenot.io 178.175.134.125
    hamishwooley38 hamishwooley38@ylmera.elyquin.org 23.81.62.157
    202:1810:1417:6300:606:23:8832:743 202:1810:1417:6300:606:23:8832:743 120.40.130.70
    barbarabrown3985g2mj barbarabrown3985g2mj@verifiedlinklist.com 162.158.166.236
    christophermartinez5358iqn1 christophermartinez5358iqn1@d.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.41.41
    matildaamar5648 matildaamar5648@omarnasrrr.com 107.172.59.109
    RamonitaMcGlinn ramonita-mcglinn31@seo.lumbermilltricks.com 23.229.56.107
    jeannieibbott jeannieibbott@pw.epac.to 172.69.23.193
    josephhernandez666684lx josephhernandez666684lx@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.129.83
    maxei158 maxei158@sms.at 120.40.130.70
    app app@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:6596:00:84:13:3:501 202:3100:6596:00:84:13:3:501 120.40.130.70
    memarb memarb@pop3.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    networkservicesteamdata networkservicesteamdata@avient.com 120.40.130.70
    202:80:427:863:41:991:869:33 202:80:427:863:41:991:869:33 120.40.130.70
    maira.stone maira.stone@boxinbox.my 216.213.24.146
    activites activites@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    TamelaJelks2 chun@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.116.137
    bal bal@promo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    emever19 emever19@mail.ru 84.47.131.218
    bourses bourses@iet.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    u003eaep u003eaep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gigl-candidats gigl-candidats@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    directeur directeur@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    accueil accueil@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    magi-repec-request magi-repec-request@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ educ@ceginfo.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2806:104:1:136:508:5:544:179 2806:104:1:136:508:5:544:179 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    info info@elikos.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    GrettaWehrle wtis2hxwr77@nestmailbox.com 38.154.68.209
    rpop-test68 rpop-test68@itatac.tk 172.71.158.69
    bock bock@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    reyes.amaya reyes.amaya@gmtclinic.ru 172.71.154.178
    j.ohn.2.0.03d.e.01 j.ohn.2.0.03d.e.01@gmail.com 104.22.20.178
    eliaselias71 eliaselias71@wiloho.swanson.today 45.3.49.85
    bethsquires bethsquires@monyal.sbs 196.247.145.13
    TaneshaRedmond clintonstoller@viavuive.net 206.206.119.176
    alvawhitcomb alvawhitcomb@boxinbox.my 147.53.127.173
    christenazouch707 christenazouch707@ntp.homes 172.71.158.68
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    savelii.sukharev.30.10.2000 savelii.sukharev.30.10.2000@mail.ru 104.22.20.178
    staci staci@e.cosmiccircuit.store 66.63.185.222
    gigi gigi@awsome-gadgets.com 162.158.166.236
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    shelby.ransome shelby.ransome@boxinbox.my 216.213.29.189
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Aundrea99H josezapata401@web.de 77.246.99.200
    otilia.timms18 otilia.timms18@gatewayrealestate.click 172.71.154.179
    email email@felectrique.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70