Help needed to activate my secondhand iphone 4

Hi, I bought a secondhand iPhone 4, how do I activate? It's asking me the old id and password. Can I give my own id & password? will there be any problem??

You've encountered Activation Lock.
Read this: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13695
If you can't get a refund and whoever you got it from can't or won't release the lock, just turn it over to the police and give them all the information you can on the seller. There's a good chance it's stolen.

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