Help function fread library C

Your fgetc () in the scan already advances to the next element, instead I recommend that you use:   while(feof(arquivo)){}

rewind () back to the beginning of the file, fseek () is a better alternative but a little more complicated to use.

I was able to read from the first element using the rewind

while ((caracteres = fgetc(arquivo)) != EOF) {

        rewind(arquivo);
        fread(vPtrContato, sizeof (contato_ref), 1, arquivo);
        printf("Nome: %s\n", contato_ref.primeiroNome);
        printf("Sobrenome: %s\n", contato_ref.segundoNome);
        printf("Telefone: %s\n", contato_ref.numeroTelefone);
        printf("E-mail: %s\n", contato_ref.email);
        printf("==================================\n");

        fclose(arquivo);  }