PITTSBURGH -- With daylight-saving time happening overnight Saturday to Sunday, it is time to spring forward, but it is also time to be on the lookout for scams that target bank accounts.

Channel 4 Action News reporter Ari Hait reported that the spring forward is not quite as major as Y2K, but because the jump is occurring three weeks earlier than normal, it could cause issues for computers, blackberries and anything else that's programmed to tell time. Many of these devices could be an hour off for a couple of weeks.

"Y2K had the potential to really cause disaster. This problem -- daylight savings time -- has the potential to cause a major pain in the neck for many, many people all across the U.S.," said Lance Ulanoff, editor for PC Magazine.

It could also cause the lightening of one's wallet.

"A lot of the scammers will attach themselves to events such as this," said John Tokarczyk, a consumer protection agent for the state attorney general's office.

Tokarczyk said the daylight-saving jump is the exact situation scammers look for -- a digital issue with a lot of media attention. One way that he said some scammers would approach the situation is by sending an e-mail that looks like it was from a bank or credit card company. The letters might say because of the early daylight-saving change, they would need to verify personal information.

"You may click on that site. That's going to actually divert you to some scam site where there going to get your information, your Social Security number possibly, or your account information, and they're going to steal your identity," Tokarczyk warned.

If that happens, the scam artists would be able to empty a person's bank account or max out his or her credit cards.

Tokarczyk said his agency has not had any reports yet of this happening, but he said they believe it's just a matter of time.

"Scammers have gotten very good on the Internet of making their e-mails look legitimate. It looks like it's from the bank. So we want to make sure consumers don't fall prey to that," Tokarczyk said.