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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 - 5 Nov 2026 9:40 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,501
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2806:10::43:37:720:46:860 2806:10::43:37:720:46:860 120.40.130.70
    stephanparmley1099 stephanparmley1099@supporter.website 172.69.22.187
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 172.71.154.95
    ramiro.farquharson ramiro.farquharson@pestshielders.com 104.22.17.112
    Michaelphike ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 178.20.45.182
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    thodtt thodtt@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    longdt longdt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    xavier-xavier xavier-xavier@hedoso.goodmail.world 104.22.20.61
    CaryMack74 donaldgonzalez80373uup@b.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.164.137
    HollyMcKeon brutvc68@gmx.com 192.171.82.239
    202:8108:987:700:135:5:371:9928 202:8108:987:700:135:5:371:9928 120.40.130.70
    linhtk linhtk@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    moiseevamariia1993234 moiseevamariia1993234@list.ru 104.22.20.61
    Toi tonigigante@hotmail.com 79.113.21.82
    wapeocontgi wapeocontgi@mail.ru 104.22.17.113
    2806:109:1:19:71:982:16:25 2806:109:1:19:71:982:16:25 120.40.130.70
    manhmd manhmd@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    malindacl60 bonnie@cam.mario.smtpops.top 192.42.116.13
    linhthm linhthm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    maict maict@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    jb86 jb86@127.0.0.1 120.40.130.70
    linhpk linhpk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    domdom3 domdom3@sharklasers.com 120.40.130.70
    2804:2140:83:5900:583:13:915:71 2804:2140:83:5900:583:13:915:71 120.40.130.70
    angleacable angleacable@hidebox.org 104.22.17.113
    seerlayu seerlayu@mail.ru 162.158.167.221
    linhntk2 linhntk2@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    kzobbmeu kzobbmeu@glorzomail.com 172.69.134.8
    DelbertMur christopherlopez84524m74@b.indexpulse.app 192.186.170.105
    wapeocontgi wapeocontgi@mail.ru 104.22.20.60
    ewieduko ewieduko@mail.ru 172.71.154.95
    linhctt linhctt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    thelerner yraj8080@gmail.com 2401:4900:973:06:02:0:5:3007
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gary.nomadlife gary.nomadlife@proton.me 89.251.0.65
    gary.nomadlife gary.nomadlife@proton.me 89.251.0.19
    micheline.woollard3 micheline.woollard3@mailus.thebillieholiday.click 172.69.22.187
    gary.nomadlife gary.nomadlife@proton.me 89.251.0.208
    zogtekbdxrhnzhzybm zogtekbdxrhnzhzybm@aool.com 120.40.130.70
    lienht lienht@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    lananhpt lananhpt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    kimanhvt kimanhvt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    doylelininger3684 doylelininger3684@brookmoor.one 172.69.22.186
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    olesya.zhukova.1994 olesya.zhukova.1994@bk.ru 104.22.17.113
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sydkk88com h.ov.anth.uc116@gmail.com 80.79.6.90
    ernestina.allison ernestina.allison@1aa7.diyarescnewcv.xyz 199.187.210.54
    ramylgilmanov ramylgilmanov@mail.ru 104.23.170.144
    2804:5168:2:1:44:14:01:173 2804:5168:2:1:44:14:01:173 120.40.130.70
    b.r.a.dle.y.lwil.l.ia.m.s b.r.a.dle.y.lwil.l.ia.m.s@gmail.com 64.190.76.14
    2802:8010:4900:01:80:16:12:215 2802:8010:4900:01:80:16:12:215 120.40.130.70
    khanhtm khanhtm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    hongln hongln@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    grazyna-beach89 grazyna-beach89@1254.sikk.net 120.40.130.70
    seo2 seo2@uksteroidstore.com 162.158.167.222
    2601:540:101:190:97:7291:321:09 2601:540:101:190:97:7291:321:09 120.40.130.70
    NicolasBic christophersmith4107t0uw@f.theindexer.click 198.23.178.163
    mlonanlout1985 mlonanlout1985@mail.ru 162.159.113.69
    hoaint hoaint@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ewieduko ewieduko@mail.ru 172.71.154.94
    202:020:5:8011:5497:467:9:443 202:020:5:8011:5497:467:9:443 120.40.130.70
    oiosamoma oiosamoma@mailkolnet.com 120.40.130.70
    hoadonketoan hoadonketoan@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    hoab hoab@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    flyertalk flyertalk@foxtrot.fastmail.fr 77.207.165.69
    levimcgowen1843 levimcgowen1843@anonmails.de 156.230.223.146
    202:1810:525:4000:2543:882:850:43 202:1810:525:4000:2543:882:850:43 120.40.130.70
    202:8428:69:5701:455:33:0:76 202:8428:69:5701:455:33:0:76 120.40.130.70
    hiepnk hiepnk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:525:4000:2543:882:850:43 202:1810:525:4000:2543:882:850:43 120.40.130.70
    laneyolanda laneyolanda@veauly.com 172.71.154.94
    hiennh hiennh@foobla.com 120.40.130.70