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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 - 3 Oct 2026 5:53 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,926
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 104.23.168.64
    IlanaHartmann7 domingaperry@veauly.com 154.16.69.76
    mallorylopes mallorylopes@anonmails.de 159.26.120.53
    duynm duynm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    wecpytfskkl wecpytfskkl@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    danielbrown23097ksb danielbrown23097ksb@d.theindexer.shop 23.94.183.112
    thuybt thuybt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2806:370:8642:9820:18:7:8:54 2806:370:8642:9820:18:7:8:54 120.40.130.70
    williamellsworth90 williamellsworth90@tuti.hivoltz.org 104.22.17.79
    VanHoldsworth francislottie@veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    AnnettMoody marianakieran@veauly.com 102.165.54.4
    Armand82L78 issackandi@veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    KQULavada8193 hugorene@veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    yulyagexode yulyagexode@mail.ru 172.71.158.117
    duongvtk duongvtk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    thuongtv thuongtv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    arieldeaton67 arieldeaton67@ardelin.lentivo.eu 162.158.167.144
    donald-ramirez donald-ramirez@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.154.61
    nastyapoluge nastyapoluge@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    abapical abapical@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    hortense-ciantar hortense-ciantar@dc09.topgradeoffers.com 162.158.167.143
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lincolnvalentino49 lincolnvalentino49@nervain.nexanta.eu 172.69.135.14
    duongpt duongpt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    miwkabaw miwkabaw@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    andrewtaylor6834nx82 andrewtaylor6834nx82@f.welcometotijuana.com 172.71.158.117
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yusubova89 yusubova89@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    jfzivuxveel jfzivuxveel@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    winakebanke winakebanke@caskiomna.fun 86.105.58.158
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 172.70.46.75
    duongh duongh@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    indri info@indrisoftware.nl 77.173.34.207
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 172.71.154.61
    2603:8001:30:960:0::559:83 2603:8001:30:960:0::559:83 120.40.130.70
    AlejandroStubbs beauclarita@veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    piadenliftser1984 piadenliftser1984@mailnorms.com 172.71.154.60
    tholv tholv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ducanht1 ducanht1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lateshabroadhurst lateshabroadhurst@discard.email 104.22.17.78
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GuillermoBanning guillermo.banning4569@emaildirectinbox.shop 23.94.177.130
    gradyspeckman gradyspeckman@anonmails.de 172.69.135.14
    lukasfosdick407 lukasfosdick407@ultimateemailstorage.shop 104.22.17.79
    curtkirsch curtkirsch@anonmails.de 172.71.154.60
    rebbeca.rebbeca rebbeca.rebbeca@vudoka.cleanmail.online 167.253.18.251
    VickeySheldon51 issackandi@veauly.com 191.101.92.218
    baeva.qf7in baeva.qf7in@rambler.ru 172.71.158.116
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    MarcelaMacomber wmalisia@veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GregoryMcQuay carinanestor@veauly.com 191.101.114.216
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gxugdwhyyka gxugdwhyyka@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BrooksGersten3 wnelrayorkrt3r96@nestmailbox.com 23.236.159.74
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JanieZ09674 wnelwopors7gr96@nestmailbox.com 23.236.171.54