Can I get Apple to block a brand new iPhone 5S?

I sold a brand new phone (still in its original box, unopened) on eBay only to find out the persons account was hacked. I have reported it to the police here in England, UK. Thing is I dont want the scammer to be able to use this phone and I want it blocked. Only issue is the phone was never taken out of its box and registered to any network here in England.
How can I get Apple to block the IMEI of the phone? I thought with IOS 7, Apple brought in new technology that allows it to track where each of their units are. Surely they can deactivate it.

Sorry, Apple can't help you, & Activation Lock only kicks in AFTER the phone is first activated, not before.
Sorry, but it appears the scammer got away free & clear, unless you can get a carrier to Blacklist the phone. Although that's doubful.

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