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How do I protect myself from a scam if I want to help a relative?
Let's summarize your relative's problem: How is this possible? If both of those statements are true, then he should be able to explain exactly why those statements are true, and then you can explain it to us, and then we can all nod our heads and admit, "Wow, that makes sense. Proceed if you want to." But until that happens I suggest you take the advice I offered in the first paragraph of this answer.