In part, yes, it looks a little silly and contradictory, but I would not be in a hurry to call it scam, because the project has already created a finished product that has been working for several years.
Having a working project doesn't mean that you can't be a scammers. Cyber criminals are really good at hiding their true intentions here. So it could be borderline scams, just like Bitconnect and HEX, started to be good in the beginning, but look at how they turn out to be. So I will be cautious moving forward for this MNE Token, they could have been planting this all along.