Bought my iPhone 5 online, it needs repairs but apple says it has been replaced. will they still repair it?

Long story short the iPhone heated up and since then has random grey lines down the middle. It "controls itself" or won't work whenever those lines appear. Apple asked for the serial number however it says it has been replaced. I bought it online so i'm not too sure what to do now. will apple still repair it?

You can ask, but most likely answer is Apple will not repair it. That message
means the iPhone has been replaced and should have been turned back into
Apple, but it was resold instead. If you bought from eBay or other service that
offers buyer protection, start a claim for a refund unless the iPhone was described
as replaced.

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