Working With Independent Recruiters Pt 4: “Show them the money”?

As you can guess, this installment is about “the money question”... We’re not talking about salary negotiations. Rather, I have some strategies to help you answer the recruiters when they ask you the following:
“How much money are you making, anyway”?
Most folks answer with something along these lines: “I’d rather not give you a specific number because”:
1. I haven’t been offered the job yet
2. I don’t want you to know how much I make