@fauconspartiate
totally agree with Marcus’s comments, however, here are some things you might want to be wary of.
1) the email address you're sending to is inactive
2) the user has forgotten the password to the icloud account associated with the given email.
3) the previous owner isn't willing to assist you
4) the previous owner decides to report the phone as lost or stolen.
if any of these scenarios apply, then you’re stuck with a locked phone.
there are software and/or services out there that will offer to remove a previous owner’s icloud account for a fee. those either involve jailbreaking your phone (which is only a bypass, not a removal) or are a scam.
from what i’ve read the only (so called) reliable option (provided that the phone hasn’t been reported as lost of stolen) is folks on ebay or reddit who can make you a receipt which identifies you as the original purchaser and owner of the phone (by model and IMEI number). with that you can take it to the Apple Store and they can remove the icloud account.
if you do contact the owner, please post how it went.
good luck
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