Be careful applying for payday loans online. These scammers somhow get a hold of your info then blow your f-ing phone up for months. Block hendew scammers. When i find them. Im gonna knock their teeth out.
If you apply for cash advances, payday loans, or installment loans online make sure that the companies you are applying with do not operate as a "broker". To put it mildly, the suggestion here is they will take your information and pass it along to a network of online lenders to get you the cash that you "need". What this actually amounts to is a glass of box wine from someone that is about to rape you.
If you apply for loans online, you are opening yourself up to fraud if you aren't selective about the companies you choose to do business with. if they are not licensed in your state, have an affiliation with the Better Business Bureau (BBB), and don't make you fully aware of your rights as a borrower - chances are its a scam. You want to conduct business with companies that have physical locations in the US. And no, Indian Reservations do not count. That's a story for another time.
In short, keep your private information as private as possible. Only share it with companies you plan to do business with.