NightSky Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 I just had a call from a Thai women claiming to be from DBD. When I spoke English she hung up and another women called back minutes later. They claimed to be updating the DBD business database, they asked me to confirm my company address, phone number and number of employees who work here. Call me paranoid although in this environment I don't welcome unusual calls from gov offices asking questions out of the blue. Has anyone else with a business had a call recently? The telephone numbers both began with 061413..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 DBD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: DBD? Department of Business Development.. ..they maintain company database and issue company registration certificates in Thailand. www.dbd.go.th Im wondering if the call was legitimate and if their questioning had an alternative motive other than to 'maintain the database' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Your hunch is likely correct, Immigration is checking on ALL of us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 DBD Thailand. https://www.dbd.go.th/dbdweb_en/ Maybe the above. Look at their site there is mention of updating regional / local records. But phone number ....61 strange. 61 is the country code for Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 1 minute ago, scorecard said: DBD Thailand. https://www.dbd.go.th/dbdweb_en/ Maybe the above. Look at their site there is mention of updating regional / local records. But phone number ....61 strange. 61 is the country code for Australia. OK I will take a look at the site about regional updates. Phone number 061 is also for AIS, it might be an internal VOIP system they are using for their phones? (lower cost calls etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, scorecard said: DBD Thailand. https://www.dbd.go.th/dbdweb_en/ Maybe the above. Look at their site there is mention of updating regional / local records. But phone number ....61 strange. 61 is the country code for Australia. it's a mobile number, it's common for them to use personal mobile phones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 I would ask them for a phone number where I can call them back and I would expect to get a land line number. And if they give you a mobile number ask for a land line number. And if they then start to mess around why they don't want to give the land line to you then it's time to get suspicious. But to be fair, databases should be updated from time to time and lots of people don't react to emails. So phone calls make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Call from the immigration, worry, call from the police, much worry, call from DBD, continue drinking beer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, Benroon said: Call them ? I did and I was on hold for 20 minutes after pressing the 'English' option so I decided not to waste more time on it. I hope it was just a routine call but I'm always cautious. I expect it would be a different government run office who would have called if there was an issue (labor/revenue/immigration/etc) although you never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 After that case reported this morning about the Russian woman being arrested for using a Thai nominee shareholder in her company they're probably just compiling a comprehensive database of non-trading companies with farang directors and no employees that own land. I'm sure their intentions are honourable and there's no way this is the next step in removing all those pesky, sweating farangs living here long-term who decided to buy a house via the company route using Thai nominee shareholders. They'd never do that, would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Sounds not right, but then no questions or information for any kind of fraud. What number did they call from? can always call back and see who answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankee99 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I let my accountant handle all communications with dbd and revenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 On 6/28/2019 at 12:18 PM, NightSky said: Department of Business Development.. ..they maintain company database and issue company registration certificates in Thailand. www.dbd.go.th Im wondering if the call was legitimate and if their questioning had an alternative motive other than to 'maintain the database' why not say so, all of these abbreviations give me the hump, who the hell in a normal world would know what DBD means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBunny Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 minute ago, soalbundy said: why not say so, all of these abbreviations give me the hump, who the hell in a normal world would know what DBD means. It's a TLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 No need to be paranoid, unless you have formed an illegal company for property ownership. They contacted us 2 years ago and carried out an audit on our family company. We passed okay and they went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvend Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I dont think its the DBD, rather DNB, Dun & Bradstreet Thailand. They are telemarketing looking for money to list your company with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbhB Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 ...this makes me even more happy that I chose a lawyer to set up my company, which includes an office address & accounting at their office ???? So if anyone calls, they'll deal with it in the right way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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