How do I sign out of an unknown icloud account on my iphone 5?

My iphone recognizes my current apple id, but I can't restore my phone due to Find My Iphone being on. I can't turn Find My Iphone off because the icloud account listed is not mine (different from my current apple id), and is preventing my from accessing icloud at all. The icloud account listed was an old account of mine, that i lost all information/access to (completely). Is there any way of signing out of this unknown icloud account without a password?

You need to either contact Apple's Account Security team, or if you're the device's original owner, ask Apple to unlock it.
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