I have heard a few people adding "just" to the phrase "be about to" for emphasis. For example:
I am just about to answer that.
But by definition, "be about to" means that you're going to do something very soon. In that sense, isn't adding "just" kind of redundant? And if adding "just" is ok, what about "almost" or "nearly"? They don't seem to roll off the tongue as well as "just" to me, but there shouldn't be any reason they're any less correct than "just".
Best Answer
The set phrase "just about to" is very widely used, and is generally used about time. You use when something occurred moments before you had planned to do something.
"almost about to" and "nearly about to* are, according to this NGram graph, much less common. They can also be used about time, but are more often used about state. They indicate that someone or something were close to a state where something might happen: