Fraud Notice
Lakeside Foods has become aware of fraudulent schemes in which individuals or organizations may falsely claim to represent Lakeside Foods, its employees, or its affiliated businesses. These schemes may involve unauthorized use of the Lakeside Foods name, logo, employee names, email addresses, purchase orders, banking instructions, or other company information.
This type of fraud may occur through email, phone calls, text messages, fake websites, social media, online marketplaces, or other electronic communications. In some cases, fraudsters may attempt to place unauthorized orders, request credit terms, redirect payments, obtain vendor goods or services, or collect sensitive business, financial, or personal information.
Please be cautious of communications that:
- Come from an email address, website, or domain that does not appear to be officially associated with Lakeside Foods.
- Request urgent action, immediate shipment, or unusual payment terms.
- Ask you to change payment instructions, banking information, remittance details, or delivery locations without standard verification.
- Include purchase orders, tax forms, credit applications, or other documents that appear suspicious or inconsistent with prior Lakeside Foods communications.
- Request confidential information early in a business relationship or through unsecured channels.
- Use poor grammar, unusual formatting, altered logos, or inconsistent contact information.
- Direct you to ship products to an unfamiliar location or to a location not previously associated with Lakeside Foods.
Lakeside Foods does not authorize third parties to use our name, brand, or employee identities to conduct fraudulent transactions. Vendors, suppliers, carriers, customers, and business partners should independently verify any suspicious request before taking action, shipping goods, changing payment instructions, or providing sensitive information.
If you receive a suspicious communication claiming to be from Lakeside Foods, do not respond directly, click links, open attachments, ship products, or provide financial or confidential information until the request has been verified through a known and trusted Lakeside Foods contact.
To verify a suspicious communication, please contact Lakeside Foods directly through the contact information listed on our official website:
Lakeside Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 1327
Manitowoc, WI 54221-1327
Toll Free: 800-466-3834
Phone: 920-684-3356
Email: [email protected]
If you believe you have been the victim of fraud, you should also consider contacting your financial institution, local law enforcement, and any applicable fraud reporting agency.
Lakeside Foods takes these matters seriously and works to protect our customers, vendors, suppliers, employees, and business partners from fraudulent activity involving our name or brand.