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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 - 8 Sep 2026 3:55 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,160
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gtm17unomafu.frermi4747.odns.fr995gtm17 gtm17unomafu.frermi4747.odns.fr995gtm17@unomafu.fr 89.152.72.213
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zaporozhets zaporozhets@zapchastrf.ru 120.40.130.70
    EarleneK67 marisakorey@veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    zagelmaarley8955 zagelmaarley@vip.163.com 202.28.194.139
    zip8zip zip8zip@yandex.ru 195.151.22.9
    zbenjamintianov2061 zbenjamintianov@hotmail.com 202.28.194.139
    JuanLucia3193 marisakorey@veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    r.van.den.heuvel r.van.den.heuvel@leiden.nl 80.113.24.80
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    iaroslav.semko iaroslav.semko@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    chiclesmilmo chiclesmilmo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    1herehuuji 1herehuuji@anonmails.de 172.71.159.81
    lasonyaheaton51 lasonyaheaton51@over.mxdood.com 120.40.130.70
    EdgardoSherrill issackandi@veauly.com 102.165.54.226
    vickybuchholz9807 vickybuchholz9807@1mail.x24hr.com 104.165.166.232
    jimmyjims jimmyjims@pm.me 120.40.130.70
    AureliaM44 alexrosalie@veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    annarodionova.1988 annarodionova.1988@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ThusithaMadushan thusithamadushan0619liyanage@gmail.com 2402:4000:131:0:141:181::565
    xrumer888 xrumer888@outlook.com 104.22.20.56
    WarrenBoxall16 vickeymarylou@veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    KathrynOzx alexrosalie@veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    202:03:823:7701:122:3:73:85 202:03:823:7701:122:3:73:85 120.40.130.70
    202:03:823:7701:1:08:616:6188 202:03:823:7701:1:08:616:6188 120.40.130.70
    202:03:823:7701:122:3:73:85 202:03:823:7701:122:3:73:85 120.40.130.70
    JohannaA16 marianakieran@veauly.com 154.16.69.58
    ShawneeBeavers2 marisakorey@veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    brycedrans bryce.dransfield@smarttravellerhq.click 104.233.26.142
    trishaetienne trishaetienne@1377.emailma.store 104.22.20.56
    ImogenDelmonte5 francislottie@veauly.com 191.101.114.21
    BeatrizHeimbach ca1@webtoteam.shop 193.58.104.214
    ilmaslov ilmaslov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    annoniitbvr annoniitbvr@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    MiltonLaseron5 alliesima@veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    lodibe.to.f.f.ic.ialv2 lodibe.to.f.f.ic.ialv2@gmail.com 104.22.17.79
    MalcolmGard60 franklindelphia@veauly.com 144.48.52.254
    DirkRedmon030 charmainbanner@anonmails.de 104.28.244.125
    202:03:961:800:5185::4904:457 202:03:961:800:5185::4904:457 120.40.130.70
    LolitaZ636 wmalisia@veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    svjfkldf svjfkldf@ishowfirstmail.com 172.69.135.14
    FlynnSchott8230 wmalisia@veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    test7 test7@rightluck.win 148.135.156.51
    mtot1 mtot1@webtoteam.shop 104.22.17.78
    gavrilov1985 gavrilov1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    KelleyMattingley domingaperry@veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    KoryWithrow697 carinanestor@veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    joshuajohnson49178t04 joshuajohnson49178t04@c.blog-stuff.com 120.40.130.70
    Liliana2168 liliana-liliana@poheti.pasta.beer 77.83.26.172
    makaranoshko makaranoshko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    joshuajohnson49178t04 joshuajohnson49178t04@c.blog-stuff.com 120.40.130.70
    MarkusAbney2 marisakorey@veauly.com 191.101.92.164
    jos.tang.q.e.hrq jos.tang.q.e.hrq@gmail.com 104.22.17.78
    LolaGrady6434 hugorene@veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    Juliane05H toddalbright9469@anonmails.de 196.16.3.187
    Delphia0935 wmalisia@veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    lhqzxbyo lhqzxbyo@blackfirsta.com 172.68.243.12
    lhqzxbyo lhqzxbyo@blackfirsta.com 104.22.69.238
    1herehuuji 1herehuuji@anonmails.de 65.111.25.38
    Elvera28O1537127 marianakieran@veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    w.oo.d.f.o.r.d.j.a.me.so.n.4. w.oo.d.f.o.r.d.j.a.me.so.n.4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    UnaLeong42 carinanestor@veauly.com 102.165.54.227
    MelissaOnq royal@webtoteam.shop 193.58.104.214
    202:8108:8125:100:7971:2:27:806 202:8108:8125:100:7971:2:27:806 120.40.130.70
    m.gl.e.n.en.ko.t.pan.kswi.mp.ul. m.gl.e.n.en.ko.t.pan.kswi.mp.ul.@gmail.com 104.22.20.57