--- title: You Could Be Entitled to $1,200 If You Received This Spam Call. Here's How to Check description: A federal court has ruled Dish Network must pay $1,200 for each call made by a telemarketer to someone on the Do Not Call Registry. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Technology - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2018-05-09T13:52:50.000Z' modified: '2024-05-08T05:00:09.000Z' section: Technology tags: - lawsuits - telemarketers word_count: 190 canonical: https://money.com/dish-network-telemarketer-lawsuit/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Dish Network Reportedly Eyeing Purchase Of T-Mobile](https://img.money.com/2018/05/dishtelemarketerlawsuit-em-475891760.jpg) Here's one time you might actually wish you were pestered by an annoying telemarketer: Thousands of people are now eligible to receive $1,200 for each illegal telemarketing call from Dish Network, the pay TV service. According to the terms of the ruling in a class-action lawsuit, anyone with one of the 18,066 phone numbers that were listed on the [National Do Not Call Registry](https://donotcall.gov/) but still dialed up by Dish Network telemarketers between May 11, 2010, and August 1, 2011, could receive $1,200 for each call. [Check here](https://kccsecure.com/dishclassaction-Lookup/Home/PhoneForm) to see if your phone number is eligible. If it is, you must submit a payment form no later than June 18, 2018, to receive your piece of the $61 million final judgment. A jury in the lawsuit—Krakauer v. Dish Network—originally awarded $400 for each of the illegal telemarketing calls made on the behalf of Dish. But more recently, according to [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dish-network-do-not-call-lawsuit-eligible-to-collect-1200-per-call/), a federal judge tripled the amount to $1,200 for each call because Dish Network had "willfully and knowingly violated" the law. 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