Setup incorrect apple id now i cant activate iphone 4

Hi, i have setup my new iPhone 4 with an incorrect apple I.D. I thought it had activated but the email i put was .co.uk instead of .com. I then tried to erase all settings to try a clean install. It wouldn't let me because i needed to turn find my phone on or off in icloud settings, but i couldn't because the apple id wasn't activated. I then put phone into dfu mode, now when i try to activate it i cant because it knows the email address i set the phone up with.
what can i do now??

Send it back. That's the activation lock and it's a theft deterrant program. If the seller can't or won't give you that apple ID to unlock it, then you'll never be able to use it (and it's a very real possibility that the ipad wasn't theirs to sell in the first place)

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