If a webmaster deletes a member's account and finds out later that person wasn't cheating, etc. can they "restore" that member's account with all their earnings, or is it all lost?

yes, they can restore it from their backup... why?

just curious to know in case it happens to me one day.

Just don't get yourself in the position that a wm deletes your account! That way you won't have to ask these types of questions here.....

I was deleted from on prog once. After few emails my acc was restored. I was not informed that my acc was restored, I happen to know when I still receiving emails from the prog and I try to login. Brian said it will restored from backup, so all earning should be there. But after I check my acc my singup bonus is gone, and some other bonus that I earn also gone, only personal earning[I don't have ref] I contact the WM but no answer[I keep record of all my earning] I don't mind if I miss few cents, but bonus that I earn should be there. Since the WM won't reply or doesn't really care, so I just deleted all paid email from that prog w/o even read it because all subject was paid. I didn't receive any email now, so I guess I was deleted for inactivity. So Brian, are you sure the acc was restore from backup, or from somewhere else??