This is every card guy's worst nightmare! I'm sorry this had to happen to you.
Using a company like FedEx or UPS or DHL overnight and getting signature provides extra layers of security, but nothing is a hundred-perfect safe. Like many of you posted already, picking up your parcel from one of the nearest locations to your home can provide you with even more security.
I've had many parcels get shipped to me through FedEx and they're pretty good here (Toronto). There was only one time where the American sender didn't get signature and my package was left at the wrong house. When we called customer service, they reached out to the driver and he told them that he had left it at the right house. This went on for a few days, but then the driver brought the package to my house and handed it to my mother (he apologized).
I've had Canada Post deliver my packages to the wrong houses a few times - total nightmare. I even had to chase the CP worker down the street once and make him retrieve my package!
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