How to remove old iCloud account and activate iPhone?

It doesn't really matter who you bought them from. As muguy suggests, if they are activation locked, you threw your money away. Apple will NOT unlock them for you as you are not the original buyer and you don't have what they require, which is the ORIGINAL Purchase Receipt, from when it was originally bought, which shows the iPhone Serial number on the receipt. Without that, Apple won't do anything for you. And we can't help you either. They can make nice paperweights, coasters, trivets, etc. What they can't do is be used as a cell phone.

Adrianipones wrote:

Hello all I purchased 4 iphones from a Police recovery website online Auction.

This phones are sold on line by Wilsons auctions on behalf of the state .

Activation-Locked phones from a police recovery site?

Just guessing … the police took possession of these phones from suspects who very likely STOLE the phones or RECEIVED STOLEN PHONES from others. The police may not have been able to locate the true owners, but the Activation Locks suggest that there are true owners.

If the police recovery site wants to give your money back, that is between you and them. Have you asked them?

Apple never offered a warranty on second-hand phones that the police could not reunite with their true owners. Nor did Apple promise to remove anti-theft locks (Activation Locks) on such phones. Buy something; anything; from a "recovery" site, and it is caveat emptor.

It doesn't matter who you bought them from or what kind of paperwork you believe proves ownership you have. They are useless. Apple will NOT remove the activation lock on those devices.

You wasted your money.

The police should have known that.

If the phones are activation locked, they will be useless to you. Only the device owner can unlock the device. Apple will not unlock the devices. While you may have possession, you do not have ownership. That is not something that a third party can grant.