Just recieved a second hand iphone 4s but its connected to its old user. its all above board but have no way of finding its original owner

i recieved it from my friend whos a door steward at the coast and sometimes when phones are lost they can take them if nobody went to get them back within a couple months. nobody has came for this one and i got it from him with the belief i can use it. if anyone can help me out with sorting this out it would be great.
p.s. i know it sounds shifty but its owner did have 2-3 months to pick it up.

Sounds like it had one of the iOS 7 betas installed. If this is the case,
there are 3 possible actions you can take:
1] If you are a developer, go to the Developers Forum for assistance
as per the NDA that goes with being a developer.
If you are not a developer, you can
2] either wait until iOS 7 is officially released and then install it, or
3] seek help elsewhere for the stolen software on that iPhone.
If you can get that far, what does it say when you look at Settings=>
General=>About=>Version.

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