With barely any money in the bank, Miami rapper Flo Rida have been reportedly caught in a $170,000 real estate scam after paying a couple for a home he never got a chance to move into five years ago.

According to TMZ,

"According to new court docs -- the rapper claims he forked over $170,000 to purchase a house in the Sunshine State ... and the owners ran off with his money. 

Flo claims he attempted to purchase the home from Florida couple Pierre and Marie Malette in 2009 ... but the deal never closed. Flo claims he handed over the money as a down payment, but the Malettes never signed over the house ... leaving Flo with no house and no money."

Apparently, the rapper won't be getting back a DIME from the $170K as the couple -- shortly after -- filed for bankruptcy.

"Sources close to Flo tell us he's not as upset about the house -- he wasn't going to live there ... it's more about the dough. The Malettes have since filed for bankruptcy ... and now Flo has filed a claim in their case, demanding his $170K."

Flo seems to have a bad case of bad luck on his side.