How to get past iphone activation screen?

So id recently bought an iphone5 off craigslist (not the smartest idea ik) and its kinda an exensive brick just laying around itslocked with a security i made a craigslist post about it hoping to find its owner but is there anyway to get into it thanks also i opened the sim case and there's no sim card could i sell the phone because now i'm 60$ short

Added (1). i've tried so many videos and articles for a week nothing has worked i'm thinking of just selling it to a site that takes unusable phones for parts

Added (2). also its in mint condition except its missing a sim card

Its still worth more than $60 as spare parts

so. Youre not going to lose

though

despite believing there was no way around apple ID lockout I was reading recently there's a way

perhaps do some googling

If the phone needs a SIM card, you will need to put one into the phone for the carrier the phone is locked to.
When you turn the phone on, it should show what carrier it belongs to. Or if you check the IMEI/ESN online, that will give you that info as well.

This link will tell you who the phone belongs to is it is still being financed.
https://imeidata.net/blacklist/check?imei=351881062383557

You should have checked this before actually paying, you won't get around it, iphones are secure.