Hi there Roy ... Welcome to the BBB.

I'm not sure of your question -
http://samspade.org will easily show you the source of an IP number ... but if u wanna know how to GET the IP # of a contact in the first place, *I* have no idea.
But geeee, as to whether someone is "genuine" or not... do you REALLY need help there ? How about if there's no mention of or request for $$$ in the first 2 or 3 IMs, then they're PROBABLY relatively "genuine" ?