Purchased iphone 5 on Craigslist but can't activate it

Purchased iphone 5 on craigslist as a back up to my iphone 5s but am unable to activate it due to not having the icloud account or password from previoius owner, what am i to do?

try and get your money back if possible
without the details you describe the iphone will never work snd it may have been stolen

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