How to activate a used Iphone? - 2

Alright, I bought a used Iphone 5S from a person over craigslist. They shipped it to me and I received it in brand new condition. The phone is reset and at the original activation screen however, after I log into Wi-Fi it says that I need to log into icloud because the original owner had "Find My Phone" activated. Because they had find my phone activated I can't get into the phone to activate it fully, if you have any way of bypassing this please let me know. I tried contacting the original owner but that was no help and I tried to unlock it through Itunes and that did not work either.

That either means when the owner reset it (when they do they get presented with that screen) or it is stolen there's no bypassing that screen, and there are plenty of fake youtube videos showing you to download something to bypass it but that is just fake content and it gives you viruses I recommend you go to the apple store or call apple costumer service and see what they can do for you, good luck.

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