ASP.Net, jQuery, Ajax and a parseError - asp.net

I have tried to see if there is anything on this great site for this (and there probably is), so I am sorry if I have missed it.
Anyway, I am calling a WCF endpoint using jQuery Ajax under ASP.Net.
The Web service call is working fine in Fiddler and returns the following data:
{"d": {"__type":"ProcessedTotals:#","DailyError":"0","DailyProcessed":"0","TotalError":"48","TotalProcessed":"70"}}
This is my code
function GetData() {
alert('Ajax Start');
$.ajax({
dataType: "jsonp",
data: "{}",
contentType: "json",
url: "http://localhost/abc123/WebManagement.svc/ReturnTotals",
success: (function (data) {
alert(data[0].TotalProcessed);
//$("#TotRecs").html(data.d.TotalProcessed);
//$("#TotErr").html(data.d.TotalError);
//$("#DayTot").html(data.d.DailyProcessed);
//$("#DayErr").html(data.d.DailyError);
}),
error: function (xhr, status, error) {
alert("FAILED:" + status);
}
})
alert('Ajax End');
}
Whilst debugging in Firefox the line that causes the error is SUCCESS:
I know that it is using JSONP, as I am having to access the data from a different website.
Thanks
Paul

$.ajax({
dataType: "jsonp",
url: "http://localhost/abc123/WebManagement.svc/ReturnTotals",
success: (function (data) {
console.log(data);
})
});
You were doing some weird stuff there. Trying to send an empty object literal along with the call, which doesn't make any sense. Also, your error callback won't work with a jsonp request. Try the above, it should work fine. If not, please mention the error that you're getting.

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