Reset my phone and now im locked out.. need help

hi i bought a iphone 3g from amazon.com and i reset it to default and now it has locked me out.
when i bought it the phone is was unlocked but now i cant even use it. is there a way to unlock it myself?

all i know is it was advertised as a refurbished phone & unlocked.
i dont think its locked to a carrier. i can use prepaid sims for it. its just anoying because i have been playing around with it and i made the mistake up resetting it to the default settings with itunes.

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