Purchased an iPhone 5s from individual and can't log in to phone

The phone is working, but I cannot put my email in. It wants the email that is a hotmail account. I looked the phone up online and says that the phone is not activated status. I need help. Thank You

The phone probably has activation lock. You need the email account and the password to unlock the phone. Contact the seller and get the information from them or have them log into iCloud and turn off Find My Phone for the device. If they do not do this you will never be able to use the phone as activation lock cannot be bypassed, not even by Apple.
A more likely scenario is that the phone was stolen by the seller and sold to you. You may have just purchased and expensive brick.

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