WHERE IS ZIA KHAN?

Z/N stomping grounds change often as he needs to flee before he gets caught. He has been in New York, the Bay area, Texas, Florida, Atlanta and Tennessee. He used to own a Volvo, it would be great to know if he is still using it. If you have any info to add to the timeline below or if he has tried to contact you lately,  please email or leave a note in the comments.

Z/N Timeline

February 5th, 1976: Born in Lahore, Pakistan

Sometime in the late 70s- early 80s:  Move to Texas

1990: Start High School in Texas.

1994: Left High School

1996: Married probably for a Green card.

2000-2006: Z/N lives in several places in the West Coast, mostly SF Bay area. Also visits Queens, NY. When he says he was at war, he was already leeching his way. "Worked" in Tech, soon decided to "become" a photographer. Towards the end of this period, he starts stealing photos because he "deserves" to be a famous photographer.

2006-2008: Continues "stealing" photos.  Gets caught several times. Lives in the Bay Area, Texas, maybe New York.

2010: Z/N in Seattle, WA area.

2010-11: Z/N in Nashville, TN area. Bad checks for photo shops and other antics. Around this time, he has already changed his identity. He also fakes suicides and even his own death.

2013: Z/N in Portland, OR. Drains the accounts of a woman, steals from her children and family heirloom and leaves. The picture with a camera that he adores to post as profile was taken by a photographer that lives there.

2014: Z/N in New Orleans, LA.

2015: In San Francisco, Z/N steals money and a computer and flees. He hangs in the Sarasota, FL area for a while.

2016: Early in the year he spends time in SF. The "shrapnel wound" on his arm, which is actually self-inflicted and the missing person police report is from that time. Visits Texas as well. Z/N in Atlanta, GA for the summer. Met and "dated" several women. Couch surfed and lived in his car. Hanging in a small neighborhood, word spread quickly about his antics so he had to leave after almost  getting caught. His green card expired so he also asks a woman to marry him. Steals credit cards too.

Late Aug-Sep 2016: Back to San Francisco, he spends entire days "hunting" in several coffee shops.

2017: He is probably in Texas until June or so when he decides to move to New York.

Summer 2017: Z/N moves his "business" to New York.  Apparently, he is still driving his Volvo. He cons several women he meets in dating apps n in the coming months.

Late January 2018: Z/N makes a quick visit to San Francisco. After that visit, he comes back to New York, steals some more, and flees back to California.

Late February-early March 18: Z/N is spotted riding a black bike in the Mission District, San Francisco, CA. He might be posing as a life coach now.

Summer 2018: Z/N is making his way back to NY from California, probably traveling by train. He might have changed his appearance too. Probable stops in Minessotta and Illinois.

Fall 2018: Active on his Twitter account in early September. Sounds bored. Also active on Instagram, almost every day. His personal profile in Facebook disappeared earlier this year.

2020: He goes back to NY and rents a few AirBnBs. NYPD alerted and arrest warrant active in NY.

Fall 2021: He is in Central Istanbul, Turkey and has a new tattoo of a dragon in his left arm. He goes by "Zed"/ "Zyed"/ "Zeyd" Khan. He might be trying to romance a European to get EU citizenship. Be careful!

IF YOU HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT ZIA KHAN/NAUMAN SAGHIR, PLEASE WRITE ON THE COMMENTS OR EMAIL! THANKS!

ZIA KHAN IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Like his many lives, Nauman Saghir aka Zia Khan has many virtual lives. Here are some present and past handles, emails, phones, and social media identities. He says he hates social media, but he is everywhere!

FACEBOOK

The profile he is sharing with you (His account is down, probably erased a few weeks ago. If you have his new facebook account, please email me)
The profile he does not want you to see... or maybe he does?
Another profile he does not want you to see
See some (of  his?) pics here
Yet another profile with a video


TWITTER

The irony of the header pic and the handle


INSTAGRAM

He used to be InstantKhan, now he is FilmishKhan (private account)


TUMBLR

Instantkhan again
And a picture somebody made of him and that he obviously loves


FLICKR

He used to be Naumanism (find some people he scammed in this thread, see him with more pounds and without a beard, and follow him doing his thing all around US)


ABOUT
Seriously? The charity as much as a fraud as him


EMAIL

lensantics@gmail.com (working just a few weeks ago)

He also used lensantics@me.com


LATEST KNOWN PHONE

In New York, AT&T line, 917 319 0800 until February, 2018.
His currently using a California line which is not under his name.


Will update with new information. Leave a comment on the page or send an email if you have any new info.

And the day is done, son!

WHO IS ZIA KHAN/ZYA KHAN?

HIS STORY

Zia Khan was born in London on February 5th, 1974. Even if he was born in the UK, he is a proud Afghan. Speaks Arabic, Urdu, Dari and Pashto. He had a terrible relationship with his dad, an OBGYN, who sent him to study at a boarding school in Edimburgh, Scotland. His mother died of breast cancer and he buried her when he was only 17. His younger brother, Salman, who he was really close to, died in an earthquake in Islamabad when he was working for the UN. His sister. Mona, comitted suicide when she was only 28. He is alone in this world.

At only 17, Zia ran away to NY to study at NYU Tisch and become a filmmaker. At only 20, a friend conviced him to go to Serbia during the Balkan War as a war photographer. He sold everything, bought a couple of cameras, and went on to cover his first conflict. He will enumerate all the conflicts he has covered, civil wars and genocides, telling vivid memories of the horrors he has seen. He has died three times, the last one he almost bled to death from his arm, he has a big scar to prove it. And the tattoos of the Serbian sniper towers on his arm. Shrapnel and scars in all his body.

He will about the terrible effects PTSD has in him. Sleepless nights, dead people talking to him at all hours of the night, how he takes refugee in alcohol for all the horrors, how he is a happy drunk. Or mention how a war photographer friend just committed suicide.

His last conflict was Syria, last April 2017. He came back and decided to retire. He is trying to make it in NY as a commercial photographer, working on his resume to start again. He wants to retire in Lisbon or in the middle of nowhere in some remote country. And he wants you to come with him. He is a tortured artist that finally found his soulmate... YOU!

BUT IT IS ALL A LIE!

THE TRUTH

This guy you met in Tinder or Bumble is in reality Nauman (Rahat) Saghir. He was indeed born on February 5th but in 1976. He is neither Afghani, nor born in London. He is Pakistani and that is why he speaks Urdu. He moved to Texas where he attended High School and married right after graduation, probably to get a Green card. The marriage lasted a little over a year. His family still lives in Texas. His mother and at least one of his sisters are very much alive.

He never went to Tisch. And he never went to war. Most of the photos that he shares in his websites and instagram are stolen from other photographers like Pep Bonet and Kim Thue.  At some time he tried to make it as a photographer but his current occupation is more profitable and requires less work.

He is most definitely not a happy drunk and he drinks every single day, morning or night. Whiskey, dry martinis... You name it, he will drink it. And smoke like a chimney. Even more if you are the one paying.

His last conflict was probably with his last "girlfriend". He probably stole everything he could from her and disappeared in thin air. That is a career "Zia" has not decided to retire from yet. While you are at work, he will be "working on his resume" or "working on his book". Or he might be telling you he is bulding his client base as a life coach. More likely he will be hustling in a coffee shop, with free wifi, hunting for the next girl he can stick to and that can pay for his expensive tastes when he is done with you or you discover who he really is.  Get out before it is too late and if it is too late remember to change your locks, call your bank and report him to the police!


UPDATE:  He goes by the name Zya Khan now and poses as a UI/UX designer in San Francisco that at some point worked in Tokyo. Here's the website: https://zyakhan.com/index.html and his new email is zya@zyakhan.com.

UPDATE FALL 2021: He is based in Istanbul, Turkey and trying to obtain a residency permit. He goes by the name Zed Khan. 

You can also email this website to report any info you might have.