can a fake url be used for tracking?

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can a fake url be used for tracking?

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On notepad.lv there is a suspicious image:

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http://www.lattelecom.lv.lv/a/6230/11110002/images/modules/banners/1309853124140x70-lv.jpg

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<img style="" src="http://www.lattelecom.lv.lv/a/6230/11110002/images/modules/banners/1309853124140x70-lv.jpg" height="1" width="1">
That file doesn't exist, so it could be a misspelling of

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http://www.lattelecom.lv/images/modules/banners/1309853124140x70-lv.jpg
, but why would the image be resized to 1x1?

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Re: can a fake url be used for tracking?

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Looks like its linking to a non-extant url (the domain doesn't exist) height="1" width="1" specifies the dimensions of the non-link.. Maybe they should fix there linking, not a tracking issue as nothing is being loaded until they fix the domain url it points too
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