I talked with a mortaging company that's pretty big after hearing a friend's experience. Got through with the first interview. A recruiter at a third party firm heard about this and called me up: "I thought I told you about this, do you want me to say some nice things about you?" I didn't understand what she was conning me into so I said yes. (This was mid morning. By late afternoon I get a call from the gmorgage people saying "hey you did great in the first interview but we're going to pass.")

Recruiters comment on that: "They keep passing on everyone I refer"

Ended up getting a job elsewhere, and the recruiter still hit me up on "do you have any referrals?"