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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 - 2 Nov 2026 2:48 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,050
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    juliannecornish6922 juliannecornish6922@ziellpremium.store 172.69.23.144
    sebritalpo sebritalpo@mail.ru 172.71.178.158
    cciso cciso@eccouncil.org 120.40.130.70
    eqicirerifi373gsae1180c8fa59d eqicirerifi373gsae1180c8fa59d@gmail.com 162.158.167.222
    minhnn minhnn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:720:3380:68:952:8:2689 202:8071:720:3380:68:952:8:2689 120.40.130.70
    entries entries@blockteam.shop 172.69.23.144
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    linhtk linhtk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    yamistlarmki yamistlarmki@mail.ru 104.22.20.61
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    linhth linhth@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    brainfrantz2023 brainfrantz2023@now.mefound.com 172.71.154.183
    emiliecroft emiliecroft@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.143
    linhntk linhntk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    duynm duynm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    linhntk1 linhntk1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    led led@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    gwenbiggs.4928 gwenbiggs.4928@brookmoor.one 104.22.17.113
    WaldoLavoie7 waldolavoie@tmail.cam 104.207.49.180
    liennt liennt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    Tester hans.pansen@netdesk.io 87.122.159.12
    tagemidlu1971 tagemidlu1971@mailnorms.com 172.71.159.77
    christincolbert502 christincolbert502@fabrika-gsa.ru 172.71.159.77
    Tester carsten.a.petersen@googlemail.com 80.187.84.127
    a.n.d.r.ej.vi.k.a.v.ik.a a.n.d.r.ej.vi.k.a.v.ik.a@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    birgit.martinelli92 birgit.martinelli92@query.meetwisetransfer.click 104.22.20.60
    3.mrh.a.hn 3.mrh.a.hn@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    duongvtk duongvtk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    200a 200a@oglyadoviy.space 104.28.254.237
    youremail youremail@dengage.com 120.40.130.70
    209:5:366:2832::401:28 209:5:366:2832::401:28 120.40.130.70
    kiettt kiettt@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    3223159808 3223159808@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    feroz.ansari feroz.ansari@cybersafeor.shop 192.42.116.114
    duongpt duongpt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    khanhn khanhn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    me.ga.st.op.l.a.y me.ga.st.op.l.a.y@gmail.com 172.71.159.78
    feroz.ansari feroz.ansari@cybersafeor.shop 192.42.116.14
    pogtipinyu pogtipinyu@mail.ru 162.158.167.221
    202:8108:987:700:61:6:247:335 202:8108:987:700:61:6:247:335 120.40.130.70
    hongln hongln@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    donniebilliot4529 donniebilliot4529@adult-work.info 104.22.17.113
    hoangch hoangch@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2800:370:8:80:06:99:05:2 2800:370:8:80:06:99:05:2 120.40.130.70
    hoaint hoaint@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    annettsyme6301 annettsyme6301@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.134.8
    VernonDahl761 sophiewatts@injkrea.xyz 196.51.143.252
    eqicirerifi373gsacaddcc5b6f3a eqicirerifi373gsacaddcc5b6f3a@gmail.com 104.22.17.112
    pogtipinyu pogtipinyu@mail.ru 104.22.20.61
    hoadonketoan hoadonketoan@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    rossenweaver16yddxhx rossenweaver16yddxhx@docmailz.com 179.61.156.85
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    mcgarryfinn32hjvarx mcgarryfinn32hjvarx@docmailz.com 179.61.156.16
    202:267:04:4146:0:5000:0:6 202:267:04:4146:0:5000:0:6 120.40.130.70
    plougpenn28aexvbf plougpenn28aexvbf@docmailz.com 131.108.19.171
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    marlinpaschal2000 marlinpaschal2000@microversemail.com 172.69.134.9
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    mcqueenschneider51lcireb mcqueenschneider51lcireb@docmailz.com 179.61.156.85
    fosterfischer75mbdojz fosterfischer75mbdojz@docmailz.com 192.3.144.190
    riberboyle15lgbdcj riberboyle15lgbdcj@docmailz.com 192.241.72.202
    hoab hoab@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    vegahenson97bfdpye vegahenson97bfdpye@docmailz.com 196.196.31.140
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    padillaclemmensen38kklrsh padillaclemmensen38kklrsh@docmailz.com 106.222.227.219
    marilynheitmann9907 marilynheitmann9907@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.182
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