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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 Sep 2026 1:18 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,831
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bono bono@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    LDYClair02 jackschneider30601@d.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.12.193
    kronen kronen@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    MargaritoDay161 patriciataylor66744hg2@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 198.20.178.117
    contact contact@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    TammiOsq656 geraldohugo@veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    matthewlopez31244mgf matthewlopez31244mgf@a.gsaserbuilder.xyz 23.229.116.124
    doranash1129 doranash1129@xsnipersquad.space 172.69.135.14
    paolajohnson21887 paolajohnson21887@b.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    Wandaetews MaydayRoancar@daqb.info 78.143.237.252
    2600:8807:3:5300:50:30:593:80 2600:8807:3:5300:50:30:593:80 120.40.130.70
    rachelcedeno rachelcedeno@adult-work.info 172.69.23.184
    PhillippNicoll hollyhai@veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    xrume030926 xrume030926@site-business.ru 37.214.240.126
    mach mach@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    JuanJimenez Kleanlywindows.bend2@gmail.com 146.75.136.214
    inaraelksne2015 inaraelksne2015@inbox.lv 146.19.125.70
    JimmySmask sir.maxbo@yandex.ru 188.162.76.78
    VRFSiobhan siobhanfitzgibbon77@put.pettin.com 102.165.53.200
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BennettNew jamesjones19317d32@d.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.52.74
    art17 art17@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    michaelthomas9321en2 michaelthomas9321en2@c.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    catharine.holloman catharine.holloman@d0c1.gsas.store 172.71.154.169
    KoreyHakal johnhernandez5525he8x@c.mustdoindubai.com 156.230.193.161
    nuhphdze nuhphdze@ishowfirstmail.com 162.158.167.85
    Holly hollybae2129@gmail.com 2001:4455:807:3100:59:26:04:10
    luann-ullathorne luann-ullathorne@5c45.catche1.com 172.69.135.14
    helix helix@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bernie bernie@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nom-de-la-liste nom-de-la-liste@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    stacie.sifuentes5416 stacie.sifuentes5416@gsa.fghe.store 104.22.17.79
    sur-cadres sur-cadres@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    wolf wolf@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    danellecro danellecrooks@reventeresale.com 149.71.56.164
    rush rush@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    art17 art17@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:48:7320:921:8 202:8108:8125:100:48:7320:921:8 120.40.130.70
    JonathonStpierre jonathonstpierre15@toy.pettin.com 102.165.54.227
    Katlyn14W patriciahernandez146xsye@e.welcometotijuana.com 23.108.233.175
    pinehill605 pinehill605@55-bet.co.nl 120.40.130.70
    eb1c20784a7a93c1cb692ac6de6a3efd superlordwar@proton.me 74.195.229.167
    DwayneStrouse dwaynestrouse19@put.pettin.com 102.165.53.87
    heidiallan heidiallan@gsa.fghe.store 172.71.159.82
    2001:62:1473:4301:45:9569:02:835 2001:62:1473:4301:45:9569:02:835 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    six.x.six.x.six.x.six six.x.six.x.six.x.six@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    marc.balestrino marc.balestrino@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    guillaume.pare guillaume.pare@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    InaMilligan823 ina-milligan996@jco-donuts.com 165.231.101.125
    AmandaHauck42 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 223.29.254.158
    elise.saint-jacques elise.saint-jacques@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    avisnewell1553 avisnewell1553@gsa.fghe.store 104.22.20.56
    judith.cantin judith.cantin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    hala.ghali hala.ghali@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    WyattBoan157 lupitaelvin@veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    franchescafrench1754 franchescafrench1754@pw.epac.to 172.69.135.13
    2601:603:5200:40:846:6713:522:95 2601:603:5200:40:846:6713:522:95 120.40.130.70
    khai.nguyen khai.nguyen@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mamadou.gueye mamadou.gueye@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    FranklinBrown latishaseay@pecinan.net 27.34.73.245
    wo.o.dford.j.a.meso.n4. wo.o.dford.j.a.meso.n4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    alfonzomacknight alfonzomacknight@freundin.ru 172.69.135.13
    Spache muzammilzahoor291@gmail.com 207.244.89.162
    2601:603:5200:40:846:6713:522:95 2601:603:5200:40:846:6713:522:95 120.40.130.70
    KitCouvreur2 kitcouvreur44@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.87
    tomascarpentier tomascarpentier@now.mefound.com 172.71.154.169
    art25 art25@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    pyb pyb2025@outlook.sa 78.137.94.4
    TabithaDespeissi tabithadespeissis77@cold.muzaco.com 144.48.52.102