OK, so I'm 99% sure this is a scam, but I'd like to hear your advice on the matter.

Company is called Exneft Oil & Gaz Energy. Their contact e-mail is [email protected] (not "[email protected]" - Strike 1) and is different from the ones on the website they link to (www.vtn-mt.ru) (Strike 2).

They've sent "soft corporate offers" that don't mention the Exneft company name but rather that of the one on the website, Volgatransneft (Strike 3).

They want us to sign a contract without sending samples (Strike 4) or committing to any specific products (Strike 5) and despite supposedly being a trading company, claim to not know what types of oil the refinery has (Strike 6).

Most damning of all, they have glaring inconsistencies between their profiles on various trading sites (year established, type of business, etc.):
http://exneft-oil-gaz-energy.tradenote.net/
http://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/67...t-oil-and.html
http://www.alibaba.com/member/ru1169...companyprofile
http://www.tradekey.com/profile_view...Gaz-Energy.htm
(^ Strike 7)

They never use names in their e-mails (Strike 8); the only name associated with it is that of the "CEO", Nechepelenko Abra****ova.

You know what? I don't know why I'm bothering to post this--by now I've convinced myself... LOL