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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 - 1 Apr 2026 7:10 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,609
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    filomenasweeney filomenasweeney@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.82
    charlesmartinez5135m75d charlesmartinez5135m75d@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.20.235
    tuhv tuhv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    vett vett@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    home1 home1@webtoteam.shop 172.71.158.69
    ElizabetPitcher marianparkhurst5743@mytempmail.org 199.58.184.97
    ThedaLangan730 thedalangan67@wild.ehomu.com 191.101.92.183
    angelicaeudy angelicaeudy@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    elisha.heinrich30 elisha.heinrich30@c372.wefixsofteners.com 172.71.158.69
    EulahHazon47560 eulah-eulah37@widasi.smartlink.lat 45.3.34.141
    rebeccaj rebeccaj@rus-china.travel 23.236.151.52
    Brenna2114 margaretaurquhart@hidebox.org 102.165.52.120
    ElmoStagg381 elmostagg33@among.ehomu.com 102.165.54.227
    ClemmieOgden1 clemmie-ogden60@d7cf.wefixsofteners.com 70.188.176.249
    21geretyhuji 21geretyhuji@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    twitter twitter@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    GraceWray98 gracewray53@mode.ehomu.com 191.101.92.83
    ChetLemke34 chetlemke43@feed.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.76
    tuannn tuannn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    marti-doran marti-doran@cryptoboss-zerkaloss.top 72.56.189.103
    2hyjukkiolo 2hyjukkiolo@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    charles-horner charles-horner@timminsgoldminetour.com 120.40.130.70
    StephanieOFlynn wmissdaisybloguir82@nestmailbox.com 152.89.128.41
    WinstonRomano7 leonreva@solstris.com 191.101.114.216
    JulienneFqi juliennereeve9@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.83
    hufyozidri hufyozidri@necub.com 172.71.158.69
    contourcustomerservicesg contourcustomerservicesg@ascensia.com 120.40.130.70
    PercyDambr percydambrosio12@large.veauly.com 107.172.126.177
    tuyentk tuyentk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    JustineWeisz92 bustercarrozza@waroengpremium.com 23.95.97.133
    202:8108:8125:100:876:48:98:52 202:8108:8125:100:876:48:98:52 120.40.130.70
    matildamcphillamy429 matildamcphillamy429@discardmail.com 172.69.23.194
    AhmedTillman41 jessmyles@solstris.com 45.125.245.141
    202:8071:5160:100:576:635:913:0 202:8071:5160:100:576:635:913:0 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:401:3000::2918 2001:410:401:3000::2918 120.40.130.70
    autosurveillance.diabete autosurveillance.diabete@ascensia.com 120.40.130.70
    tungnd tungnd@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    yuliyadosuni yuliyadosuni@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    VetaSly706 maial-salem14435@seoautomationpro.com 156.241.221.164
    tram tram@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    TanyaHovell klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 102.165.55.131
    PrincessPa princessparkhurst80@seven.vietnambrandmatters.com 66.63.185.60
    maybellwimble maybellwimble@fbviamail.com 172.71.154.179
    AntjeGilman antjegilman80@just.cdfaq.com 103.221.232.201
    truongpx truongpx@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    liva liva@b.astroaxis.site 67.215.251.51
    BernieGregorio juliennedakota@solstris.com 144.48.52.31
    platform-operation-proxy platform-operation-proxy@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    gushilton56 gushilton56@armed.veauly.com 172.71.154.178
    FelicitasLayden felicitaslayden42@just.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.252
    trindm trindm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ErmaSlater51 tedtia@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    WilliamPeden00 williampeden7@thus.ehomu.com 103.221.232.62
    k...e....i......t.....h..y2.arterberryrl k...e....i......t.....h..y2.arterberryrl@gmail.com 37.187.28.212
    lananhpt lananhpt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    anthonydavis9249pbpt anthonydavis9249pbpt@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 192.161.191.135
    phuongnt1 phuongnt1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    phuongvk phuongvk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lindamiller5561tp86 lindamiller5561tp86@e.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.248.85
    SuzannaFelder71 suzanna.felder@143a.wefixsofteners.com 68.34.227.217
    2001:101:419:400:3718:7383:483:353 2001:101:419:400:3718:7383:483:353 120.40.130.70
    2003:8:1:300:8015:4091:59:631 2003:8:1:300:8015:4091:59:631 120.40.130.70
    ngantt ngantt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ops-alert ops-alert@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    phonghv phonghv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    NorrisLondon8 norrislondon38@panel.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.200
    ascensia.communications ascensia.communications@ascensia.com 120.40.130.70
    kzhpqwq2b26 kzhpqwq2b26@5818888.com 104.22.20.235
    lafiukzo lafiukzo@legenmail.com 162.158.167.133