Prove the inverse transform of unilateral Laplace transform

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Consider a function $f$ and its Laplace transform

$\hspace{3.0cm} F(s) = \int_0^\infty f(t) e^{-st} dt$, with $\{s|\text{Re}(s) = 0\} \in \text{ROC}[F(s)]$

The inverse Laplace transform would be $f(t) = \lim_{\omega \to \infty} \frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\sigma - i \omega}^{\sigma + i \omega} F(s) e^{st} ds$.

Now, consider the case where $\text{Re}(s) = 0$, we can see that

$\hspace{3.0cm} f(t) = \lim_{\omega \to \infty} \frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{- i \omega}^{i \omega} F(s) e^{st} ds = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^\infty F(i \omega) e^{i \omega t} d\omega$

is an inverse Fourier transform.

According to Fourier transform, we know that

$\hspace{3.0cm} F(i \omega) = \cal{F}\{f(t)\} = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(t) e^{-i\omega t} dt$

But the Laplace transform of $f$, when $\text{Re}(s) = 0$, suggests that

$\hspace{3.0cm} F(i \omega) = \int_0^\infty f(t) e^{-i \omega t} dt$

It turns out that $\int_{-\infty}^\infty f(t) e^{-i \omega t} dt = \int_0^\infty f(t) e^{-i \omega t} dt$ ? This seems wrong to me ? Am I getting wrong somewhere ?