Hi, e-gold is perfectly safe if accepting money. However, if you are paying by e-gold, be sure you trust the person. e-gold cannot be charged-back. Once sent, it is sent for good!
E-gold is safe. Enable the accent PIN option so everytime you access your account, your PIN number will be delivered to your email before you can log-in. A scammer will need to figure out both your egold password and email password before they can steal your money.
As far as it goes, only log-in to your account from e-gold website. So far I haven't encounter any problem related to safety issue.