Looking Real
These guys tried their hardest to make the outside packaging look real and pretty much the same as the usual packages people receive. This is an important aspect of their plan to successfully carry this out.
Here Comes The Victim
He created an intricate video of himself putting the box on his porch steps, cleverly including his accomplice cat in the video and watching him lay down his trap through the glass door. Then comes the waiting. The bait is taken after a couple of days, but it is taken.