HT205362: Set up Find My iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac
Learn about Set up Find My iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac
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Mar 7, 2016 12:19 AM in response to tili1975by Roger Wilmut1,You don't give a lot to go on. Is this a second-hand (used) phone? Does your screen look like this (with the ID being shown not yours)? -

If a second-hand iOS device has been 'Activation locked' then only the previous owner can unlock it, either by providing you with the account ID and password, or by removing it from his list of devices (as he should have done before selling it) - please see http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4515If you are unable to contact him to do this then I'm afraid you will not be able to use the device - there is no other way of unlocking it at all. Apple cannot unlock it for you.
You should if possible return it to wherever you bought it and ask for a refund as in this event the device is completely useless.
If the situation isn't as I described above you will need to explain clearly what it is.