Cannot activate after carrier unlock

Cannot activate iphone after carrier unlock. Device says Apple's activation servers are unavailable and iTunes says no sim card in the device I am trying to activate.
The original carrier is AT&T, I live in Canada therefore I am not able to insert an AT&T sim card in the device.
I have restored and updated through itunes as instructed. Restored as new many times in fact.
Any suggestions?

Well there's nothing we here in this forum can do for you. It's between you, the person who sold you the phone, and the carrier. You'll need to somehow work it out amongst yourselves.
Nothing we users nor Apple can do at this point. Either the person is lying to you and telling you the phone was unlocked, or the phones was unlocked improperly.

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