I bought an iphone 4s wont activate from old users icloud

My wife bought an iphone 4s on craigslist and now it will not activate because of his icloud acct. I tried to email him with no response. please help.

Without having the password for his Apple ID or getting him to sign on to iCloud and turn off Find My iPhone there is no way to activate this phone. It is called Activation Lock.

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