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Honey Beagle I have the same thing. I even rang up the carrier gave the person there the phone number. The phone was not listed as stolen. I can not figure how to bypass that as well.
purchased mine on eBay as well. I have purchased 5 iPhones on eBay so far. I had only one that. An. It be activated. I have purchased 4 iPads on eBay have had not any problems with any of those.
Apple added the Activation Lock to iOS 7 to combat the rampant unauthorized reselling of lost/stolen devices. There is no way around this lockout… your only options are to contact the person you bought it from and get (1) the Apple ID login credentials, or (2) your money back. If you bought it from an honest/legitimate seller, they’ll help you out. If you bought a stolen device from a scumbag, you are simply SOL, and you now own a pretty, albeit expensive, paperweight.
So there it is. If it's your device, use the link (
https://iforgot.apple.com/password/verify/appleid) to reset the login. If you purchased the device from someone on eBay or CraigsList or a similar site, take whatever recourse you have against the seller to recover your cash.
In the future, Before you buy a used iOS device make sure there is no active Activation Lock enabled that device. Just get either the serial number or IMEI and enter it here. Apple will report the status of the device.
https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/