Reactivating my iphone, apple id and password keeps giving me an eror message

Hi,
my 4 digit passcode was entered incorrectly a few times and now my phone needs to be reactivated.
I can get as far has having to input my apple Id and password but get the error message "Incorrect Apple ID" ___ email "cannot be used to unlock this iphone"
This makes no sense to me as my email and password are correct and in order to post this question i had to input my apple id and password. I did and hear i am. If however i type my email and password incorrectly, i get a different error message. "incorrect Apple ID or Password"
Does anyone know what i'm supposed to do in this situation. I can't believe how big an issue this is over my brother attemting to guess my password. It's very frustrating.
I'd appreciate any help thanks.

You've encountered Activation Lock. This is a security feature to make lost/stolen iPhones unusable. To reactivate this phone requires using the original Apple ID/Password that was first used to activate the phone. Without this info, you won't be able to reactivate the phone.

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