I have a iPhone 4s from Verizon and clean esn but using for other carrier. How can I reset phone setting so I can get us contact setting? (My default contact setting is to Netherland.)

My contact setting is default for Netherland and want to resync with *228 but because of I'm not active account holder with Verizon, they can't reset it for me.
I bought it from other people and I checked the ESN , its clean one with no contract.
What's my option now? Can apple unlock it? I want to use it for GSM carrier. 

Only Verizon can authorize it to be unlocked.  If they won't, you'll have to sell it to someone who can use it.

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