I'm often contacted by recruiters that have no formal connection with the company that is hiring. They simply find wanted ads, go look for people that sort of m

I'm often contacted by recruiters that have no formal connection with the company that is hiring. They simply find wanted ads, go look for people that sort of match the requirements. When they find some, they'll take them to the company. There are firms that only do this kind of pirate recruiting, and they even do it for roles where the company explicitly says "no recruiters".