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"Claims to be Web Smith, but his real name is Webster Morlowe Smith."

What evidence do you have that Web Smith is really Webster Morlowe Smith? There could easily be someone with a similar name living in the same city, and Smith is one of the most common names in the U.S.

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The listed sex offender website contains his information and a his photo, which is the same as @web.

The photographs do look somewhat similar, but that's still not proof that they're the same person. If you had a similar name and appearance to someone convicted of a crime, would you want to be publicly accused of being that person?

I'd be more convinced if you could find something like a public business record for Whence that has his full legal name on it. He's a co-founder, so he'd probably be listed as an officer of the corporation.

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