MSN Money - Why credit monitoring doesn't work

The services fail to check all the credit bureaus, they're often not timely and they're expensive. But here's what you need to know if you still want to use a credit monitoring service to protect yourself against ID theft.

By Liz Pulliam Weston Credit monitoring sounds like such a good idea. Marketed as protection against identity theft, credit monitoring services pledge to keep an eye on your credit report and notify you if anything suspicious occurs.