Recently I watched 28 characters in a row with random names (such as fhjlkxxsd) appear from thin air in front of Commander Swift in Uldah, hit lv19 and promptly vanish.

I've also seen clusters of bots hidden in the wall behind the Company Chest in Ul'dah Hall of Flames. Yesterday I saw a pile of bots stacked on top of each other in central thanlann, they killed nearby mobs from lv3 to 6 then dropped into the ground and vanished.

I don't know if they get banned or not, but if they do, Enix are fighting a losing battle.

One thing I have noticed too is that every single bot I've seen, without exception, has a "Road to 60 buff".