trouble restoring 4s - is it stolen??

[phil170258]

I recently bought a used 4s (ios 7.02) from a shop while I was in holiday in Myanmar - I thought it would ok because it was a shop but now i am not so sure. the first dumb thing I did was not to ask to have the phone restored to factory settings. Now when i try to do that from the phone i get apple id required. When I try from itunes it asks me to turn off the 'find my iphone' When i do that it asks me for the password again. When I go to the account, I can see the encrypted icloud password! I'm worried that the phone is stolen, but if that was the case why would the seller leave a whole lot of contacts on it? I have tried to contact the seller but no reponse which does make me suspicious. Any advice?

 

[willerz2]

More than likely the device is either stolen or the seller reported it as stolen to claim the insurance portion for a device replacement. Never buy devices from unauthorized sellers unless it's guaranteed to be cleaned out, particularly with the iOS 7 changes