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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 - 23 Oct 2026 3:56 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,173
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    GCJStuart41 francislottie@veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    Judithpleli timofeevnikolajju3197@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    facffm facffm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    barbrakong barbrakong@hotbird.giize.com 104.22.17.113
    CristineStrahan paulmoore8878lo4i@d.gsaserbuilder.store 107.175.151.100
    donnellmccallum7883 donnellmccallum7883@anonmails.de 172.69.135.4
    catherineparkes221 catherineparkes221@pw.epac.to 172.71.159.54
    200z 200z@oglyadoviy.space 172.71.154.243
    developerplf2 developerplf2@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    developer developer@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    bonitashanahan7931 bonitashanahan7931@pawobby.cfd 172.71.159.53
    leonardofryar leonardofryar@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.54
    Francismic maks.galiyev.1985@mail.ru 62.113.113.162
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    duynm duynm@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    datlt datlt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    duongvtk duongvtk@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    elisebaumann elisebaumann@anonmails.de 179.60.183.212
    humas humas@poltekesos.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    HattieAmar7 hattieamar34@host.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    wijukuab wijukuab@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    duongpt duongpt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    rupreskono rupreskono@mail.ru 172.71.241.155
    20:200:001:3609:1:6:9:6030 20:200:001:3609:1:6:9:6030 120.40.130.70
    Bertie48C331 johnmartin8408ihc6@a.indexpulse.app 104.223.49.153
    204:441:28:660::648:660 204:441:28:660::648:660 120.40.130.70
    dungnd dungnd@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    daink daink@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ducanht1 ducanht1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    AleishaSchmitt barbaralopez90554pvr@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 156.230.226.193
    cuongtk-gem cuongtk-gem@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    contact contact@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3 mamedov.edgar.1992.3.3@inbox.ru 104.22.17.112
    cecilia.matthias3888 cecilia.matthias3888@brookmoor.one 172.69.135.3
    MAHADEVBOOk info921@gottimetv.com 156.230.209.94
    sasha.luzin.94 sasha.luzin.94@mail.ru 162.158.167.183
    chinhlta chinhlta@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    hanhcsrq hanhcsrq@hypercubemail.com 64.31.20.24
    peeling8218bfe peeling8218bfe@client.virginvoyageshubs.click 120.40.130.70
    developerinternal developerinternal@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    hermelindawinkle hermelindawinkle@latbet.click 95.221.223.102
    2806:10::77:8:67:494:831 2806:10::77:8:67:494:831 120.40.130.70
    AshleyBethel8 ashleybethel52@lunch.mxdood.com 23.108.48.114
    wfwbaqyn wfwbaqyn@hypercubemail.com 64.31.20.24
    binhnt binhnt@merchizefactory.com 120.40.130.70
    lottiewithnell86 lottiewithnell86@tapo.ophixy.com 120.40.130.70
    jamessmith42032rpw jamessmith42032rpw@b.travel-e-store.com 172.71.159.53
    mehrshad.dtcdesignlondon mehrshad.dtcdesignlondon@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    prosavmobi1981 prosavmobi1981@mail.ru 172.64.192.15
    20:8143:1009:1:74:43:2:50 20:8143:1009:1:74:43:2:50 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi256 newbloghi256@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    dangth dangth@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    MonserrateNfj monserratefredrick70@uncle.mxdood.com 191.101.114.29
    joshinikita.rocketdigitaltech joshinikita.rocketdigitaltech@gmail.com (empty)
    backupmerchize backupmerchize@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    novikovivan1978104 novikovivan1978104@bk.ru 172.69.224.192
    2806:10:1:250:034:184:25:43 2806:10:1:250:034:184:25:43 120.40.130.70
    2806:10::77:8:67:494:831 2806:10::77:8:67:494:831 120.40.130.70
    maxineloeffler maxineloeffler@anonmails.de 172.71.154.242
    1c.normal.editor 1c.normal.editor@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    RZGAda3371156 nicholasconcetta@veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    chinhnt chinhnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70