Sold iPhone and its still on iCloud

I've been reading a lot of similar situations posted but none have been like mine.  I recently sold my iPhone 4s on eBay and before sending it I erased all of the content and settings on the phone. However, when the person who purchased the phone tried logging in it said "This iPhone is currently linked to an Apple ID (x****@gmail.com). Sign in with the Apple IS that was used to set up this iPhone." I went on to iCloud to delete it from the account under Find My iPhone but it wasn't there under All Devices.  What do I do?

How to BackUp  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
What gets Backed Up
iTunes http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
iCloud http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2584

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