help: Original Owner won't remove it from iCloud
Hey! So i bought an iphone 5 from a lady (not the original owner) and it has an icloud lock on it as it has been reported lost. The message says that "This iPhone has been lost. Please call me. **********" I texted him and he says that the phone has neither been lost or stolen but still he's not willing to remove the iphone from his icloud account, what would you suggest me to do? I called apple and the customer assistance told me to talk to local law enforcement. I went to the police station and they told me that this is a civil matter and they can't do anything about it and told me that be careful about where you buy the phone from next time :\. The phone came with a box and everything so i really thought it couldn't be stolen and it isn't. It was at the insert sim card spot when i bought it and didn't show the icloud activation message. When i inserted the sim i found out that it was reported lost.
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iPhone 5, iOS 7.1