What’s the downside of using a bad head hunter?

I’ve seen lots of posts warning people about head hunters like Mercury Partners, but if I’m desperate for a new job what’s the downside?

I heard they might blast my resume everywhere so would that get me blacklisted or do firms understand when it comes from somewhere like Mercury?

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