I bought an iphone from a pawn shop and have no contact with the previous owner, but need to get past the icloud activation please help, i paid good money for this phone

Please help with my iPhone I bought from a pawn shop but have no contact with the previous owner so I cannot get past the icloud activation Please anyone help. it would mean a lot, I paid good money for this phone

Return it to the pawn shop and get your money back. The device is permanently locked and with the previous owner to unlock it you can never use it except as a paperweight.

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If it's activation locked, you can't; go back to the shop and ask for a refund.
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HT1688 I got an iphone from a pawn shop and it had a passcode on it... what do I do?

Not sure what to do because everything ive read says connect to the the computer you last used but obviously I dont have that computer so I dont knownwhat to do

If your friend went to the Apple store, then why are you posting here.
Why in the world would you purchase a phone from a Pawn shop, that has a passcode on it, that you don't even know what it is.
returning it to the pawn shop wasn't a helpful answer.
It's your fault for buying a lemon iphone without first checking it.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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1. Find My iPhone Activation Lock
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with my thanks

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Welcome to the Apple community Don.
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