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American National, a big name in annuities, has just stepped into the structured settlement annuity market, and the “sneaky skunks” of the secondary market are already swooping in on annuitants like vultures eyeing a wildebeest taken down by a cackling clan of hyenas.
Those Behind SellMyAnnuity.Net Have Already Laid Down a Marker on American National annuitants (captured 7/4/2025)
Who is Behind SellMyAnnuity.Net?
The domain SellMyAnnuity.Net was previously associated with Annuity Action Network in 2015, a lead generator for a South Florida factoring company that is a current member of the National Association of Settlement Purchasers (NASP).
A call to the 866-484-4463 number on the above captured page was at time of posting (and one hour before) forwarded to a real estate company in Calgary in the Canadian province of Alberta with a totally different number bearing a 403 area code. Area code 403 is a telephone are code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of Alberta. Source: Wikipedia.
If you have are receiving payments from an American National structured settlement annuity, chances are that it is pending issue or recently issued. Indulging the vultures who run the SellMyAnnuity.net website is therefore probably not in your best interest.
