scamFRAUDalert see it appropriate to issue this ALERT for consumers to exercise care and caution when conducting business with First Cash Advance. Consumers have reported online that the operator(s) of First Cash Advance have not provided the loan they signed up for. Instead in some cases they had to pay upfront fees.

Reports we’ve seen online are mainly in the State of Ohio and Chicago.
According to the Better Business Bureau, First Cash Advance is located
First Cash Advance
6421 North Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302-1003

The WhoIs paints a different address:
Address lookup
canonical name :ww2.firstcash.com
aliases
addresses :97.105.87.121
Domain Whois record

Queried whois.internic.net with “dom firstcash.com

Domain Name: FIRSTCASH.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1245555_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Registrar URL: http://networksolutions.com
Updated Date: 2016-10-12T07:28:38Z
Creation Date: 1996-12-12T05:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z
Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC.
Registrar IANA ID: 2
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@web.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8003337680

Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited

Name Server: NS85.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server: NS86.WORLDNIC.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form:

Last update of whois database: 2017-08-06T00:09:13Z <<<
Queried whois.networksolutions.com with "firstcash.com"…

Domain Name: FIRSTCASH.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1245555_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Registrar URL: http://networksolutions.com

Updated Date: 2017-03-05T15:11:24Z
Creation Date: 1996-12-12T05:00:00Z

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Registrar IANA ID: 2
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@web.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8003337680
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited

Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: First Cash Inc.
Registrant Organization: First Cash Inc.
Registrant Street: 690 E LAMAR BLVD STE 400
Registrant City: ARLINGTON
Registrant State/Province: TX
Registrant Postal Code: 76011-3864
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8174603947
Registrant Fax: +1.9999999999
Registrant Email: jeffa@FIRSTCASH.COM

Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Angelcyk, Jeff
Admin Organization: First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
Admin Street: 690 E. Lamar Blvd. Suite 400
Admin City: Arlington
Admin State/Province: TX
Admin Postal Code: 76011
Admin Country: US
Admin Fax: +1.8174617019
Admin Email: jeffa@FIRSTCASH.COM

Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Angelcyk, Jeff
Tech Organization: First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
Tech Street: 690 E. Lamar Blvd. Suite 400
Tech City: Arlington
Tech State/Province: TX
Tech Postal Code: 76011
Tech Country: US
Tech Fax: +1.8174617019
Tech Email: jeffa@FIRSTCASH.COM

Name Server: NS85.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server: NS86.WORLDNIC.COM

DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System:

Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-08-06T00:09:27Z
Network Whois record

Whois query for 97.105.87.121 failed: TimedOut
Queried whois.arin.net with "n 97.105.87.121"…

NetRange: 97.96.0.0 – 97.106.255.255
CIDR: 97.106.0.0/16, 97.96.0.0/13, 97.104.0.0/15
NetName: RRSW
NetHandle: NET-97-96-0-0-1
Parent: NET97 (NET-97-0-0-0-0)
NetType: Direct Allocation
OriginAS:
Organization: Time Warner Cable Internet LLC (RRSW)
RegDate: 2007-04-09
Updated: 2009-04-14
Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-97-96-0-0-1

OrgName: Time Warner Cable Internet LLC
OrgId: RRSW
Address: 13820 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Herndon
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20171
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2017-01-30
Comment: Allocations for this OrgID serve Road Runner residential customers out of the Austin, TX and Tampa Bay, FL RDCs.
Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/org/RRSW

ReferralServer: rwhois://ipmt.rr.com:4321

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE10-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ABUSE10-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: IPTEC-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Tech
OrgTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgTechRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IPTEC-ARIN
DNS records

name class type data time to live
ww2.firstcash.com IN A 97.105.87.121 3600s (01:00:00)
firstcash.com IN A 97.105.87.121 3600s (01:00:00)
firstcash.com IN MX
preference: 10
exchange: firstcash-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
3600s (01:00:00)
firstcash.com IN SOA
server: ns85.worldnic.com
email: namehost@worldnic.com
serial: 117073000
refresh: 10800
retry: 3600
expire: 604800
minimum ttl: 3600
7200s (02:00:00)
firstcash.com IN NS ns85.worldnic.com 7200s (02:00:00)
firstcash.com IN TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all 3600s (01:00:00)
firstcash.com IN NS ns86.worldnic.com 7200s (02:00:00)
121.87.105.97.in-addr.arpa IN PTR rrcs-97-105-87-121.sw.biz.rr.com 3600s (01:00:00)
87.105.97.in-addr.arpa IN SOA
server: ns1.biz.rr.com
email: dnsadmin@rr.com
serial: 2003101313
refresh: 10800
retry: 3600
expire: 604800
minimum ttl: 3600
3600s (01:00:00)
87.105.97.in-addr.arpa IN NS dns4.rr.com 3600s (01:00:00)
87.105.97.in-addr.arpa IN NS ns2.biz.rr.com 3600s (01:00:00)
87.105.97.in-addr.arpa IN NS ns1.biz.rr.com 3600s (01:00:00)
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