Recent exchange I had with a recruiter over email: Recruiter: I found your email on LinkedIn and I have a few Java positions you might be interested in. Would

Recent exchange I had with a recruiter over email: Recruiter: I found your email on LinkedIn and I have a few Java positions you might be interested in. Would you be interested in <blah blah blah> Me: I don't have a LinkedIn account. How did you actually find my info? Recruiter: It was in a database we share with a few other recruitment agencies. Me: Could you remove me from the database? Recruiter: Okay, you have been removed from the database. Me: Since we both know you didn't delete it, you at least update it to say I'm interested in Python jobs? I haven't worked in Java in 5 years and have no interest in going back. Recruiter: Okay, I've added Python to your languages. Me: But you didn't remove me from the database and you didn't remove Java from my languages? Recruiter: I'm not authorized to remove data from the database. Me: So you lied about where you got my info and you lied about deleting my data from your database? I like to think that after this he had a revelation and switched careers, but more likely he moved on to prey on another sucker. EDIT: This was from a new recruitment address. Most recruitment emails I receive get filtered and receive an automated response telling them politely that I'm not interested in their services.