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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 - 27 Apr 2026 3:36 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,870
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bichnt bichnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahdavis2691qy70 sarahdavis2691qy70@c.welcometotijuana.com 172.71.154.178
    bot bot@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ezraranson20 ezraranson20@wash.pettin.com 107.158.41.87
    jocelyn.goninan4649 jocelyn.goninan4649@feofaniaskit.kiev.ua 104.22.17.126
    RheaN7280089295 rhea-goll@otakuinsights.xyz 23.81.229.250
    backupmerchize backupmerchize@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    alert alert@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    basil-aguilar-6236 basil-aguilar-6236@xplayfortuna-rewardhub.com 72.56.159.231
    anlm anlm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    baonguyen.us baonguyen.us@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    mikkineill9168 mikkineill9168@hidebox.org 172.69.22.86
    automation-test automation-test@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:615:000:35:7806:11:2 202:3100:615:000:35:7806:11:2 120.40.130.70
    1c.normal.topup.approver 1c.normal.topup.approver@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    1c.normal.manager 1c.normal.manager@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    1c.normal.editor 1c.normal.editor@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    1c.normal.owner 1c.normal.owner@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    csv csv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
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    longpc-gem longpc-gem@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    kaley-mcmullen kaley-mcmullen@4331.thomasin.online 172.69.134.85
    in17 in17@blogwebsite.top 162.158.167.133
    2601:98:80:10:50:69:429: 2601:98:80:10:50:69:429: 120.40.130.70
    1stchoicestoragemanager 1stchoicestoragemanager@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tommytommy tommytommy@fikigo.dmail.fit 120.40.130.70
    WaylonMarvin waylon-waylon29@joveve.greenweed.sbs 216.26.227.155
    aundrealindstrom aundrealindstrom@0815.ru 172.71.154.179
    herbertbeals8161 herbertbeals8161@1secmail.com 172.71.158.166
    1sean9bradley8fleming7 1sean9bradley8fleming7@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Christiane8683 christiane-christiane@nofuvu.shinemail.cc 104.207.37.190
    josephperez josephperez@eurovip.club 138.59.206.171
    servicio.afore servicio.afore@xxi-banorte.com 120.40.130.70
    lindaliu85430 lindaliu85430@seoautomationpro.com 104.22.20.143
    merle-ormond17 merle-ormond17@emailgsa2.xyz 172.71.154.179
    mirtaragsdale90 mirtaragsdale90@dry.blyxen.org 162.158.167.133
    justinehood7812 justinehood7812@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.143
    concetta.freeling20 concetta.freeling20@beachflag.click 172.71.158.166
    ann.ann89 ann.ann89@kibuni.pretoria.pro 120.40.130.70
    h.ot.uz.apo.xi.h.e0.6 h.ot.uz.apo.xi.h.e0.6@gmail.com 95.216.68.244
    jaxonjaxon jaxonjaxon@fijini.mexicans.pro 104.22.17.126
    FranSamuel04 thomasjackson2429n4s@budgetthailandtravel.com 152.89.128.1
    m.a.r.t.asp.e.l.l.owda m.a.r.t.asp.e.l.l.owda@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    deborahhuckstep deborahhuckstep@mailcatch.com 172.69.22.195
    donteevenden74 donteevenden74@81d9.scalesurge.io 131.196.53.107
    2601:204:202:260:416:6448:9796:67 2601:204:202:260:416:6448:9796:67 120.40.130.70
    casgogo31 casgogo31@blogwebsite.top 45.133.170.221
    RashadCruickshan nasserjones19710dbw0@a.seoautomationpro.com 72.57.71.128
    louie-baldridge louie-baldridge@fastcut.top 92.112.1.172
    AbbieP5624236 johnjohnson61640awx@welcometotijuana.com 192.161.160.26
    sophiamaaley sophiamaaley@vip.163.com 120.40.130.70
    roycecoley roycecoley@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.127
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    wilhelmina-galvan wilhelmina-galvan@d17d.scalesurge.io 162.158.167.134
    Alexluz nymnanonym2@gmail.com 140.213.216.112
    Numbers96I carleymulquin4997@mmds.shop 166.88.155.197
    richardgonzalez4053x83l richardgonzalez4053x83l@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.22.194
    Alexluz nymnanonym2@email.com 140.213.216.112
    inna.marsh21091993 inna.marsh21091993@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    WernerKahn donalddavis57890p9d@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.46.51
    albertolawley21 albertolawley21@seti.ivolix.org 104.22.20.142
    JacobGrenier3 sdfasddgfsdewr2w4343rwerwesa@tomorrow5.fun 165.231.164.224
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    carendelossantos1921 carendelossantos1921@0815.ru 172.71.158.166
    German-Driving-License-Without-Test7840 madgegrayndler64@simu.hivoltz.org 45.8.255.47
    nichole.clucas nichole.clucas@quickreply.virginvoyages.click 172.71.158.166
    SD3329so jeffrysunderland18@dry.blyxen.org 102.165.0.112
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    anneharmon1483 anneharmon1483@sunyygo103.godadida.click 104.22.20.143
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    YLENila24623855 nilaburbank48@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 66.212.27.133
    clintongunderson35 clintongunderson35@anonmails.de 162.158.167.134
    jyzcm jyzcm@blockchain-development-company.xyz 120.40.130.70
    kathleenbennettknbt kathleenbennettknbt@gmail.com 217.15.57.158
    Nancywatts23 nicolledelrio@gmail.com 2600:382:5680:2::58
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