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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 - 9 Oct 2026 4:22 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,783
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    octaviamoffitt octaviamoffitt@seto.dravix.org 172.69.135.14
    tienanht tienanht@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    DawnaY73077 ramongallagher9600@anonmails.de 169.150.237.10
    6698f938a1d11332778889444f9130a9 registros.ivanbermudez@gmail.com 84.126.181.107
    LoganWem xrumer23lal@gmail.com 221.127.188.129
    angelinaterre angelinaterre@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    michellescribner10 michellescribner10@moral.pettin.com 107.158.200.5
    carmelsterrett-4014 carmelsterrett-4014@hope.pwrts.shop 172.69.135.14
    sir.maxbo sir.maxbo@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    2hereujiikol 2hereujiikol@anonmails.de 172.69.23.48
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kimanhvt kimanhvt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    felica-vivier felica-vivier@emailportal.site 161.0.1.240
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2806:20:740:8:51:25:499:8239 2806:20:740:8:51:25:499:8239 120.40.130.70
    thuy thuy@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    margarito-ord margarito-ord@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.79
    thuongntn thuongntn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    jaquelinemoulds-189 jaquelinemoulds-189@globalemail.online 50.3.159.18
    yulya.suvorova.2024 yulya.suvorova.2024@mail.ru 172.68.229.189
    etourriru etourriru@list.ru 162.158.167.143
    app app@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    kientt-gem kientt-gem@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ripe-notify ripe-notify@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    ericson44961 ericson44961@belettersmail.com 120.40.130.70
    karenthomas4379mcoa karenthomas4379mcoa@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.23.47
    iteseg iteseg@popnewmail.com 158.69.119.16
    jensprieto6692 jensprieto6692@anonmails.de 104.22.17.79
    wilmertherry5824 wilmertherry5824@emailcenter.store 200.71.124.123
    johnmiller6652n64b johnmiller6652n64b@c.verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.135.13
    3525566596 3525566596@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    maritaknorr maritaknorr@koes.justdied.com 172.69.135.14
    instant.best.correct.answer instant.best.correct.answer@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    nancy-partain nancy-partain@sure.pwrts.click 162.158.167.144
    2607:90:1740:380:745:878:725:971 2607:90:1740:380:745:878:725:971 120.40.130.70
    margaretaforney8182 margaretaforney8182@now.mefound.com 120.40.130.70
    abe.robinette abe.robinette@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.158.116
    khoatcb khoatcb@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    officegp officegp@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    thodtt thodtt@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    robertoricks6261 robertoricks6261@anonmails.de 172.69.23.48
    2806:20:1100:841:72:563:289:6 2806:20:1100:841:72:563:289:6 120.40.130.70
    seerlayu seerlayu@mail.ru 172.71.158.117
    abdellah.toufalla.entro abdellah.toufalla.entro@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:549:3500:596:2415:968:506 2001:6:549:3500:596:2415:968:506 120.40.130.70
    tarahdingle2196 tarahdingle2196@anonmails.de 104.22.17.79
    corey.mullaly corey.mullaly@myemailhostonline.shop 172.71.158.117
    thiennt thiennt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    jeroldboyes6343 jeroldboyes6343@ak6lay.shop 172.71.158.117
    casiewester casiewester@dmxs8.com 138.128.148.118
    thiemvv thiemvv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    vladshcheglov1990 vladshcheglov1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    100000881655860 100000881655860@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    lauren.e.hamil83 lauren.e.hamil83@gmail.com 31.44.59.224
    thianhn thianhn@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2804:0:8036:300:216:43:43:51 2804:0:8036:300:216:43:43:51 120.40.130.70
    thaontt thaontt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    robynevatt858 robynevatt858@anonmails.de 154.208.45.65
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2400:9800:861:46:94:3983:89:6878 2400:9800:861:46:94:3983:89:6878 120.40.130.70
    zwergbuffel zwergbuffel@cialis-otc.com 5.3.223.45
    thangnn1 thangnn1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    thomaswilson2009o35r thomaswilson2009o35r@gsasearchengineranker.info 172.69.23.48
    terencemackness terencemackness@anonmails.de 172.69.23.47
    ericson44961 ericson44961@belettersmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tamdt tamdt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70