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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 - 4 Feb 2026 6:55 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,553
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    nereidalomas nereidalomas@deajeng.store 185.210.216.187
    Mazie81N44376586 maziemazie99@gisoho.swanson.today 209.50.170.212
    Dorothyjes m.nikiforova28485848@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    bu.nixa.p.ay.a.3.6.0 bu.nixa.p.ay.a.3.6.0@gmail.com 185.129.61.8
    Merri38P5962270 topone9@blogwebsite.top 74.114.150.127
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bfaqyfgr bfaqyfgr@wildbmail.com 98.159.226.60
    anonymous anonymous@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DeanHobbs656 deanhobbs37@lower.ehomu.com 23.95.204.201
    KrisCarney9004 kriscarney@feedback.51tiemo.com 136.0.202.239
    bourses bourses@iet.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AlbertaWahl074 albertawahl@support.51tiemo.com 82.21.68.145
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    HarriettStrunk harriettstrunk2@feedback.51tiemo.com 82.21.68.145
    nom.prenom nom.prenom@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AnyaMerrifield andrewsmith3427trn4@d.blog-stuff.com 23.236.236.167
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    philanthropie-diplomes philanthropie-diplomes@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    fondation-alumni fondation-alumni@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
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    armandotenorio5077 armandotenorio5077@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    werso074400iu werso074400iu@rambler.ru 62.133.47.13
    git git@data.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    MauraGoldie markryan92659ry25@c.seoautomationpro.com 80.71.154.37
    p122326 p122326@ge.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    p101317 p101317@abbey.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BrigidaOgden01 brigidaogden@support.51tiemo.com 185.210.76.52
    efnvb efnvb@melssa.com 120.40.130.70
    username username@cluster.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ox.i.mu.s.777l.u.k.t5.fy7l.6 ox.i.mu.s.777l.u.k.t5.fy7l.6@gmail.com 172.71.154.178
    p101317 p101317@joplin.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jcohen jcohen@django.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    quincybarreto quincybarreto@spambog.ru 104.247.115.254
    ThaliaDuval5302 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 223.29.254.160
    marinamerchant marinamerchant@freundin.ru 162.158.166.213
    pearlinecarington1042 pearlinecarington1042@mailmenot.io 198.20.173.5
    p101317 p101317@bireli.neuro.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    secretariat.general secretariat.general@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nataklyachkina nataklyachkina@yandex.ru 195.239.82.94
    marymartin5828858w marymartin5828858w@verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.17.127
    educ.cegci educ.cegci@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    tonywinters1 tonywinters1@sisa.xylzen.com 209.251.19.61
    ceap ceap@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    a.g.g.e.t8.5.ho.v.ard a.g.g.e.t8.5.ho.v.ard@gmail.com 84.239.27.155
    ceginfo ceginfo@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ.cegp educ.cegp@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    magi-repec-request magi-repec-request@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ.cegch educ.cegch@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pinkmagnoliamarketplace pinkmagnoliamarketplace@gmail.com 94.131.64.52
    cegmines cegmines@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ.ceggeo educ.ceggeo@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ.ceginfo educ.ceginfo@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cega cega@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    cegl cegl@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    educ.cegl educ.cegl@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70