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HTML

<div id="main">
  <div class="abc@gmail.com"></div>
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
  console.log(
  	$("#main").find("."+escapeSelecorchars("abc@gmail.com"))
  );
});

function escapeSelecorchars(val) {
  return val.replace(/[!"#$%&'()*+,.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^`{|}~]/g,"\\$&");
};