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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 - 30 Oct 2026 3:47 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,124
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    w.oodf.or.d.j.a.m.eson4. w.oodf.or.d.j.a.m.eson4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tienanht tienanht@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 85.203.39.238
    eqicirerifi373gsa85f5d96e740b eqicirerifi373gsa85f5d96e740b@gmail.com 172.69.23.26
    barbragreaves barbragreaves@discardmail.com 172.71.154.115
    bi.immerse261 bi.immerse261@passinbox.com 120.40.130.70
    g.iz.e.m.surinam g.iz.e.m.surinam@gmail.com 31.173.84.19
    clarkschirmeister239 clarkschirmeister239@freundin.ru 172.71.159.77
    quangnd quangnd@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    sherrieshuler sherrieshuler@shieldmarkroofing.com 172.71.158.9
    mcnamarabojesen68pnklnc mcnamarabojesen68pnklnc@docmailz.com 196.243.240.25
    dennis.lipscombe dennis.lipscombe@brookmoor.one 104.22.20.237
    2806:10::64:736:576:82:25 2806:10::64:736:576:82:25 120.40.130.70
    202:020:5:30:14:27:55:659 202:020:5:30:14:27:55:659 120.40.130.70
    sqmmzldg sqmmzldg@glorzomail.com 172.71.159.78
    tfmzwofulol tfmzwofulol@avtovoz-av7.ru 120.40.130.70
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    christopherjohnson3443nvxt christopherjohnson3443nvxt@gsasearchenginerankervp 172.71.159.77
    etourriru etourriru@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    harveygupta53cwxtkm harveygupta53cwxtkm@docmailz.com 192.177.103.140
    bernd.ingraham64 bernd.ingraham64@shieldmarkroofing.com 172.71.154.182
    craneupchurch86vpyyiw craneupchurch86vpyyiw@docmailz.com 192.210.230.235
    2806:261:49:321:86:5987:863:659 2806:261:49:321:86:5987:863:659 120.40.130.70
    rosagaarde05izaonk rosagaarde05izaonk@docmailz.com 209.58.151.150
    shapirobjerring94kqynsu shapirobjerring94kqynsu@docmailz.com 186.179.35.39
    phuongvtm phuongvtm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    gustafssonfitzpatrick41deowis gustafssonfitzpatrick41deowis@docmailz.com 23.94.17.214
    newbloghi221 newbloghi221@blogranks.top 178.171.51.130
    meldgaardfisker34hqgvyw meldgaardfisker34hqgvyw@docmailz.com 141.94.75.215
    rosariomcnulty11ustxwu rosariomcnulty11ustxwu@docmailz.com 192.3.144.190
    navarrohinson33nefiga navarrohinson33nefiga@docmailz.com 209.58.151.150
    puggaardlindgaard69lqutdo puggaardlindgaard69lqutdo@docmailz.com 141.94.75.215
    ajamatias.1353 ajamatias.1353@articl.biz 172.71.159.77
    reganjordan46svcnpb reganjordan46svcnpb@docmailz.com 142.111.42.23
    Arnulforhige g.i.ze.msurinam@gmail.com 31.173.80.191
    davidshulze3562 davidshulze@126.com 31.173.84.25
    luisshtoze8722 luisshtoze@gmail.com 31.173.80.191
    zaohnshulzeo8052 zaohnshulzeo@vip.163.com 178.176.73.41
    walkerharvey59altktw walkerharvey59altktw@docmailz.com 23.108.86.138
    listpollock10jioztf listpollock10jioztf@docmailz.com 49.36.233.241
    Arnulforhige g.i.ze.msurinam@gmail.com 178.176.79.86
    thuongctt thuongctt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lykkemclean79sctspl lykkemclean79sctspl@docmailz.com 103.14.229.253
    kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8 kokoreva.veronika.1988.30.8@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    etourriru etourriru@list.ru 172.69.23.144
    sadie.bills418 sadie.bills418@ru.landing.fit 104.22.21.14
    ngocanhbt ngocanhbt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    mittie.macgroarty mittie.macgroarty@shieldmarkroofing.com 162.158.167.183
    thunt1 thunt1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
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    ngaptl ngaptl@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LucasMorales betts5@sbcglobal.net 38.135.179.65
    SusanN140 barbarataylor7057sa0p@b.indexpulse.app 192.126.232.138
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 104.23.166.177
    2806:10::64:58::987:52 2806:10::64:58::987:52 120.40.130.70
    ChasMhp149 book@blockteam.shop 185.89.104.229
    gjeezefi gjeezefi@microversemail.com 172.64.198.205
    2806:10::64:58::987:52 2806:10::64:58::987:52 120.40.130.70
    lakemcpherson00mdznla lakemcpherson00mdznla@docmailz.com 141.94.75.215
    ngant ngant@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ursula.ursula55 ursula.ursula55@gusowa.blogs.pics 194.180.236.56
    jamesrodriguez7292q6ey jamesrodriguez7292q6ey@a.theindexer.click 23.95.5.23
    dinesenlausten98abtqsm dinesenlausten98abtqsm@docmailz.com 103.156.177.42
    dyerlemming72hirhix dyerlemming72hirhix@docmailz.com 141.94.75.215
    schaeferbxcalexandersen schaeferbxcalexandersen@hotmail.com 141.94.75.215
    wilhelmsenovhkirkegaard wilhelmsenovhkirkegaard@yahoo.com 192.3.144.190
    thiennd thiennd@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    MarionMcDo hkfqwmlaic@rambler.ru 77.232.41.202
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    202:020:5:30:14:27:55:659 202:020:5:30:14:27:55:659 120.40.130.70
    TimothyThatcher lengthy.mastodon.jwat@hidingpost.com 14.244.20.64