One thing Lois and her daughter, Candice,
disagree on is the origin of Fred's accent.
Lois says Fred was born in Germany
and Candice claims he's lying.
Well, they're both wrong
because joining us from North Carolina
is the man in those photos
and his name is not Fred,
his real name is Mark.
We believe he is a victim as his pictures
are being used online without
his knowledge and consent.
So, this is the man who's picture you've been looking at,
this is Fred to you, in fact, his name is Mark
and he lives in North Carolina.
Mark, how are ya'?
Doin' great, doin' just fine.
Well thank you so much for being willing
to join us here, I'm talking to Lois,
she thinks she's been talking to you.
Have you been talking to her?
I'm sorry to say, it's not me.
Someone has stolen your picture.
Yes sir.
That's the guy you've been talking to
that you think is Fred.
(laughing)
Somebody in Nigeria stole his picture
and used it to face you
and we found the real man in the picture.
This is him.
Really?
Mark, have you ever been to Oklahoma?
No sir, I've flown over a couple times, I think.
Have you been to Africa?
No sir.
Have you been dehydrated
in New York and couldn't
(laughing)
find one out of 1100 Bank of Americas?
No, I have not.
That's interesting.
Sorry.
Do you believe that you're being scammed?
Maybe with Fred, but Paul,
I feel like he's--
Well let's just talk
about Fred right now.
Okay.
We found the man.
This is not Fred, this is Mark.
He's never talked to you,
never been to Africa, didn't get lost in New York,
doesn't miss flights, that's him, that's his picture.
They took, he took it off of Instagram.
Oh really.
Do you get that you are being scammed
by someone that's using the name of Fred
and a picture of Mark?
Right.
Probably the same person.
Was actin' like Morris Davis, probably.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's--
Well, let's just talk about Fred.
Do you get there's no Fred?
Right, I understand, I'm sorry.
Can we cross Fred off the list?
Yes.
Let me say, very clearly,
in case somebody's walking past the TV
and looking at Mark's picture here,
Mark is a victim of identity theft.
He is in no way a part of this at all,
other than being a victim,
and he has come forward to clear this up
so people don't get victimized
and you should be flattered
that people steal your picture
because it's obviously very attractive
and people respond to it.
But I want to be very clear,
Mark is in no way involved in this,
other than as a victim.
And Mark, thank you so much for taking the time
to talk about this.
(applauding)
You're very welcome.
Thank you so much.
Now, while Fred Agler didn't turn out
to be good and honest, Lois said,
"I get that and I admit that now,"
but she's currently engaged to a good man, Paul Shaw.
And she wants her family's support.
In fact, she wants my help getting Paul here
so she can prove that he's really
who he claims to be
and she can have that relationship.
