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PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – An 11-year-old Arizona girl may have had an attempted abduction on Wednesday when she asked a stranger to tell her the family's code, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities said the girl was walking in a SUV pulled up next to them and told the girl her brothers were in a serious accident and that she needed to go with him.
The girl then asked the man what the family code was, the Sheriff's Office said. The man did not know the family code word and drove off.
"Kudos to the parents of this child for having a code word and talking to their children about danger stranger," said Sheriff Mark Lamb. "We hope by putting this out, it will encourage parents to have that conversation and create a plan with their children, so they know what to do if they are in that situation."
Other children in the area said they have seen SUV that approached the child circling the park, according to authorities.
The sheriff's office said the man covered in his effort to conceal his identity.
Many responded to the Sheriff's Office's Facebook post, recalling their own code words their families established.
"I have two daughters, age 32 and 35. There was a word that was jellybeans if they did not know that then they did not go with you," one woman wrote.
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