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by dredmorbius 1443 days ago
Fraud, misrepresentation, front-running, and a potential avenue for further scams (e.g., demanding payment from candidates, collecting personal information). For both candidates and companies, this may mean exclusion from consideration due to misrepresentations or concerns over exclusivity.

See:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/202...

Incidentally, the search for "recruiter (fraud|scam)" turns up a distressingly high number of hits, many from companies targeted:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=recruiter+(fraud%7Cscams)&ia=web