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Activation locked help

I bought a series 3 Apple Watch from someone on Facebook and it’s activation locked the person I got it from said they bought it used and didn’t reset it until they went to sell it so my question is is there a way to find the original owner so they can remove it so I can use it or am I out $100.00 and recycle it or something

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Posted on Aug 21, 2021 9:35 AM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2021 9:39 AM

The person that you bought this watch from needs to follow all the steps in this link;

Prepare the watch so the buyer can use it.

If they can't or won't then get your money back or recycle the watch and put it down to experience.

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Activation locked help

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