> How else would it work? Recruiters get paid by the employer, and not off the candidate's pool. It's employer who bears the burden of paying the recruiter in

> How else would it work? Recruiters get paid by the employer, and not off the candidate's pool. It's employer who bears the burden of paying the recruiter in our current setting. This is why your situation was deemed scam (a.k.a. unusually sub-par for the environment).