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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 - 28 Oct 2026 2:45 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,071
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ErnestoMacdowell login@blockteam.shop 185.89.107.224
    Tania68P6075 tania-tania52@bezapa.polka.fit 45.136.27.175
    uydq uydq@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    novikovivan1978104 novikovivan1978104@bk.ru 172.69.224.44
    estellaspode estellaspode@tempr-mail.line.pm 172.71.158.168
    phunv phunv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2806:10:8:318:6481:136:3361:745 2806:10:8:318:6481:136:3361:745 120.40.130.70
    tuyetlt tuyetlt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    johnmartin8408ihc6 johnmartin8408ihc6@a.indexpulse.app 107.175.151.96
    tuyenps tuyenps@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    fauziaferoz fauziaferoz@cybersafeor.shop 104.22.21.10
    ynvdrcfrsPa ynvdrcfrsPa@avtovoz-av7.ru 120.40.130.70
    rqynebljvPa rqynebljvPa@avtovoz-av7.ru 120.40.130.70
    fauziaferoz fauziaferoz@cybersafeor.shop 172.69.22.77
    PWGJanice476890 janice-keesler@6796.cyber99.work 168.196.236.141
    202:8108:987:700:04:354:68:4 202:8108:987:700:04:354:68:4 120.40.130.70
    tunn tunn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    paulmoore8878lo4i paulmoore8878lo4i@d.gsaserbuilder.store 120.40.130.70
    phonghv phonghv@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    ValorieReardon valorie-reardon@53b5.cyber99.work 66.93.162.100
    2806:20:40:745:12:02:1:259 2806:20:40:745:12:02:1:259 120.40.130.70
    pay pay@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    phonghoang phonghoang@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    thanh-thanh thanh-thanh@kikeje.durovmail.cv 104.22.20.102
    regina.jardine regina.jardine@seto.dravix.org 162.158.167.135
    2806:20:760:34:111::605:578 2806:20:760:34:111::605:578 120.40.130.70
    g.izem.s.urinam g.izem.s.urinam@gmail.com 31.173.85.87
    uroauhgylPa uroauhgylPa@avtovoz-av7.ru 120.40.130.70
    cintscapozor1972 cintscapozor1972@mailnorms.com 104.22.20.103
    lastavka lastavka@casinoles.fun 120.40.130.70
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 172.69.135.63
    nhungttp nhungttp@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    alejandra.bettington92 alejandra.bettington92@oakshieldroofing.com 104.22.17.113
    tuhv tuhv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    202:267:02:4146:0:000:0:2 202:267:02:4146:0:000:0:2 120.40.130.70
    nhunglth nhunglth@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    hkfqwmlaic hkfqwmlaic@rambler.ru 104.22.17.112
    tuga tuga@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    nicksac1 nicksac1@proton.me 69.124.98.174
    heike-heike heike-heike@vayini.masonic.live 46.253.131.111
    jessiegarcia jessiegarcia@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.158.55
    2806:261:48:11:991:3220:611:19 2806:261:48:11:991:3220:611:19 120.40.130.70
    2806:310:328:4149:213:4:257:418 2806:310:328:4149:213:4:257:418 120.40.130.70
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 104.22.20.65
    sales sales@crain.bangeshop.com (empty)
    rwrcttmrnMr rwrcttmrnMr@avtovoz-av10.ru 120.40.130.70
    nhaitt nhaitt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    tuanduong.us tuanduong.us@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    glimoiyz glimoiyz@microversemail.com 120.40.130.70
    ngocpa ngocpa@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    mosebegin7501 mosebegin7501@freundin.ru 172.71.158.55
    truongpx truongpx@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2806:20:530:20:516:2:547:353 2806:20:530:20:516:2:547:353 120.40.130.70
    istpjvnxkoa istpjvnxkoa@avtovoz-av7.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:44:900:447:74:422:13 202:1810:44:900:447:74:422:13 120.40.130.70
    trungnq trungnq@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    irenemcclinton irenemcclinton@1mail.x24hr.com 152.233.16.180
    zandra-finnerty100 zandra-finnerty100@0b9e.cyber99.work 120.40.130.70
    kuzan.a.g.y66 kuzan.a.g.y66@gmail.com 104.22.21.10
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    adrienesappington2150 adrienesappington2150@anonmails.de 162.158.167.184
    icaaxauf icaaxauf@papkettwwqs.com 158.69.119.14
    2001:470:36:65:803:57:65:1 2001:470:36:65:803:57:65:1 120.40.130.70
    2806:105:1:1:1:706:5:6 2806:105:1:1:1:706:5:6 120.40.130.70
    2806:20:971::62:99:27:656 2806:20:971::62:99:27:656 120.40.130.70
    2001:470:36:65:803:57:65:1 2001:470:36:65:803:57:65:1 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    caerian caerian@example.com 120.40.130.70