How do I unlock a 3gs

I recently bought an iphone 3gs, and i updated it to the IOS 6. When i did it locked and whenever i tried to activate it and it wont connect to the network. And i tried connecting to itunes but it said that there was no sim card but i took out the sim card and out it back, the same thing happend. Now i dont know how to active it.

It sounds like your iPhone was illegally unlocked. When you upgrade it, the database was checked and found it to be illegally unlocked and relocked once again.
I suggest you try and get your money back.
Allan

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