[Absolutelyseething]

You order an item and have it delivered to your place. You then call the delivery company and say you have received a package for a person that no longer lives there

You then contact customer service of which ever company you ordered from and state you have never received your item and you think you might have had it sent to an old address

Given you're claiming that "your package" didn't arrive, It will obviously be marked to your attention.

So what happens when the carrier asks for the order/Invoice/consignment number, cross-checks the details and Identifies that It belongs to you?

Perhaps should have clarified, the original package would be addressed to a fake name at your real address and the replacement would be your real name at a different address (friend/family). Not sure why the carrier would cross check things because you're only contacting them to return the package that isn't addressed to you. Unless you're referring to when the company you are ordering from questions why the received an empty box or w/e and the carrier opens an investigation.

Probably an extremely flawed method but it was something that came to me this morning whilst eating my cheerios and was curious to see what you all think.