Credit Card Debt Help.

I have a huge amount of credit card debt, $70,000. Yes, you read that right, not a typo. This is all of my debt, no car payments, house payments and only a few other bills.

I was making more than the min. payments, now I'm not going to be able to make even the mins any more. The reason is this: the one card, Citi, I had 34,000 on with a 2.99% rate. I went online to make my payments as usual and my account was locked. It said that my account was reported for possible fraudulant use or theft and was closed. It also said that everything was transfered to a new account number and that I would recieve that info in the mail. I was worried of course and called the CC company. I was told the same thing as I read online. That my account was transfered to another and when I got my new info in the mail I could check the activity to see if anything was on there that I didn't use it for. And I could then make payments again when I recieved the new info. So, I waited about 10 days until it showed up on a saturday. While I was waiting my payment was due for the account. I called saturday and made a payment over the phone. I asked the operator if this would effect my interest rate and if I had to pay a late fee. She said she could waive the late fee but would have to redirect me to another person for info on the rate. The next operator tells me my interest rate had gone up from 2.99% to 32.31%!!! WTF?? Then in very broken english he told me I could have my account reviewed and since I'd never been late or missed a payment that they would probably give me my interest rate back. I was calmed down until I got a letter in the mail again saying my account had been reviewed and that they were sorry but couldn't lower my rate but, if I made all my payments on time they would review it again in 6 months.

Has anyone heard of a company doing something like this before? There was no fradulant use or account theft, there was no abnormal activity on the account. I believe they found a way to make some money off people with large debts and low rates. I refuse to pay $1,000 a month in intrest. Though I just made my second payment. But won't be able to make the next one. Its way past time for me to get my finances together and under control anyway. I need help, what are possible options?