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A real victim of identity theft tells how she discovered it. Her promo of the business owner who took some trouble to inform her of the potential problem is genuine.

Stodgy, decidedly un-slick video but it makes important points.

For absolute newbies to credit cards.

Watch people lie until they 'fess up. Really people, 'fake it 'till you make it' is over, baby. Time to suck it up, deal with it, and never do it again.

If this is really going on, it's going to open a can of worms as big as the predatory lending scandal.

Here are seven short videos taken from hearings on the problems created by credit bureaus.

Credit Bureaus Under Fire! Part 1:

Yes, he's a mushmouth. What do you want?

Yesssssssss!!! You can do this to your credit cards even before you've paid them off--keeps you from using them while you get out from under.

This is a conservative (truly, not neocon) viewpoint of the Federal Reserve system. Provides needed balance to the rah-rah official sites.

Two things: the jaw-dropping extent of the problem, and the contrast between actual news and the superficial fluff we usually get here in the U.S.