If i buy a apple iphone 5 from a stranger, how can i put it under my name?

If I was to buy a iPhone 5 from a stranger, can the person block it from reporting it stolen?
how can I avoid that? Shall I call my t mobile service and tell them to put the iphone under my name?

thank for everyone who replys

Don't trust the stranger sometimes the phone don't work

I always thought that you would replace the sim card with yours and it would just reset or something

Its if stolen, you got more things to worry about than it getting blocked, like receiving stolen goods…

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