diff --git a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab.go b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab.go
index a4d57be56b2e..b41f51133489 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ type Scanner struct {
 	detectors.EndpointSetter
 }
 
+type gitlabMessage struct {
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+
 // Ensure the Scanner satisfies the interfaces at compile time.
 var (
 	_ detectors.Detector           = (*Scanner)(nil)
@@ -34,6 +38,8 @@ func (Scanner) CloudEndpoint() string { return "https://gitlab.com" }
 var (
 	defaultClient = common.SaneHttpClient()
 	keyPat        = regexp.MustCompile(detectors.PrefixRegex([]string{"gitlab"}) + `\b([a-zA-Z0-9\-=_]{20,22})\b`)
+
+	blockedUserMessage = "403 Forbidden - Your account has been blocked"
 )
 
 // Keywords are used for efficiently pre-filtering chunks.
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 		s1 := detectors.Result{
 			DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
 			Raw:          []byte(resMatch),
+			ExtraData:    map[string]string{},
 		}
 		s1.ExtraData = map[string]string{
 			"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
@@ -67,8 +74,13 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 		}
 
 		if verify {
-			isVerified, verificationErr := s.verifyGitlab(ctx, resMatch)
+			isVerified, isUserBlocked, verificationErr := s.verifyGitlab(ctx, resMatch)
 			s1.Verified = isVerified
+			// if user account is blocked, add this information in the extra data
+			if isUserBlocked {
+				s1.ExtraData["User Account Blocked"] = "Yes"
+			}
+
 			s1.SetVerificationError(verificationErr, resMatch)
 		}
 
@@ -78,7 +90,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 	return results, nil
 }
 
-func (s Scanner) verifyGitlab(ctx context.Context, resMatch string) (bool, error) {
+func (s Scanner) verifyGitlab(ctx context.Context, resMatch string) (bool, bool, error) {
 	// there are 4 read 'scopes' for a gitlab token: api, read_user, read_repo, and read_registry
 	// they all grant access to different parts of the API. I couldn't find an endpoint that every
 	// one of these scopes has access to, so we just check an example endpoint for each scope. If any
@@ -98,13 +110,13 @@ func (s Scanner) verifyGitlab(ctx context.Context, resMatch string) (bool, error
 		req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", resMatch))
 		res, err := client.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return false, false, err
 		}
 
 		defer res.Body.Close()
 		body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return false, false, err
 		}
 
 		// 200 means good key and has `read_user` scope
@@ -112,19 +124,28 @@ func (s Scanner) verifyGitlab(ctx context.Context, resMatch string) (bool, error
 		// 401 is bad key
 		switch res.StatusCode {
 		case http.StatusOK:
-			return json.Valid(body), nil
+			return json.Valid(body), false, nil
 		case http.StatusForbidden:
+			// check if the user account is blocked or not
+			var apiResp gitlabMessage
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &apiResp); err == nil {
+				if apiResp.Message == blockedUserMessage {
+					return true, true, nil
+				}
+			}
+
 			// Good key but not the right scope
-			return true, nil
+			return true, false, nil
 		case http.StatusUnauthorized:
 			// Nothing to do; zero values are the ones we want
-			return false, nil
+			return false, false, nil
 		default:
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP response status %d", res.StatusCode)
+			return false, false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP response status %d", res.StatusCode)
 		}
 
 	}
-	return false, nil
+
+	return false, false, nil
 }
 
 func (s Scanner) Type() detectorspb.DetectorType {