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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 - 14 Nov 2026 5:47 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,979
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    secure secure@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
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    brandonshifflett9375 brandonshifflett9375@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.159.78
    thuongtv thuongtv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sanforddamron1790 sanforddamron1790@anonmails.de 162.158.167.55
    omalundy8651 omalundy8651@dvd.dns-cloud.net 209.50.184.171
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    thiemvv thiemvv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alfredpond alfredpond@brookmoor.one 104.22.17.112
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    louella.louella42 louella.louella42@gutago.redmail.click 41.90.186.55
    thianhn thianhn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    rollandpaltridge26 rollandpaltridge26@aa12.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.88.225
    kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8 kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8@bk.ru 104.23.166.177
    thaontt thaontt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    athena.tims.2273 athena.tims.2273@en.donator.site 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    thunt1 thunt1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    clauderipley7076 clauderipley7076@adult-work.info 104.22.17.112
    elizabeth.cohen71 elizabeth.cohen71@pestshielders.com 104.22.17.113
    finnoxendine31 finnoxendine31@oakshieldroofing.com 172.71.159.78
    thao thao@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    tholv tholv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pearlineangel pearlineangel@veauly.com 104.22.20.61
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    contact.luisa.neubauer contact.luisa.neubauer@gmail.com 193.32.249.238
    chadwicktullipan3867 chadwicktullipan3867@1mail.x24hr.com 162.158.167.55
    lucas.maio4134 lucas.maio4134@brookmoor.one 172.71.154.95
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    albertobarreto6482 albertobarreto6482@anonmails.de 172.69.135.160
    thienpham.us thienpham.us@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    vwckqves vwckqves@glorzomail.com 162.158.167.55
    svetlanazakipe svetlanazakipe@mail.ru 172.69.22.186
    christelle.meissimilly christelle.meissimilly@sedev.fr 120.40.130.70
    brigettelinette brigettelinette@furhog.com 104.22.20.61
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    storagehella storagehella@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    bpoirwyv bpoirwyv@microversemail.com 172.71.154.95
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    liza.rudneva.2023 liza.rudneva.2023@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    h.awk.64.11.3. h.awk.64.11.3.@gmail.com 92.119.36.162
    sonhv sonhv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zuyev-vadik zuyev-vadik@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    dwain-govett8487 dwain-govett8487@brookmoor.one 172.71.159.77
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
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    sondt1 sondt1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    thiennd thiennd@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
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    Cecil42094 matthewdavis42803ar0@gsasearchengineranker.shop 67.215.242.229
    sherlynloftus sherlynloftus@anonmails.de 104.22.17.113
    jillhightower63 jillhightower63@shieldmarkroofing.com 162.158.167.55
    tammi-mounts11 tammi-mounts11@ddf7.seoseo2027thailand.com 80.96.37.9
    celestecronan4380 celestecronan4380@brookmoor.one 172.71.159.78
    2001:4454:378:700:616:529:857:62 2001:4454:378:700:616:529:857:62 120.40.130.70
    ronaldirving.286 ronaldirving.286@homeremodelguidance.com 185.158.106.131
    kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8 kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8@bk.ru 172.70.47.31
    enriquetatomholt enriquetatomholt@discard.email 172.69.135.160